Lent Day 22

Genesis 47:27-48:7

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Mark 7:1-23

Lent Day 21

Genesis 47:1-26

1 Corinthians 9:16-27

Mark 6:47-56

Lent Day 20

Genesis 46:1-7, 28-34

1 Corinthians 9:1-15

Mark 6:30-46

Lent Day 19

Genesis 45:16-28

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Mark 6:13-29

Lent Day 18

Genesis 45:1-15

1 Corinthians 7:32-40

Mark 6:1-13

Lent 17

Sorry about the tardiness. Went upstairs for a nap last night and it just wound up being this morning. Hope you still have time to find what you came for :)


Genesis 44:18-34

1 Corinthians 7:25-31

Mark 5:21-43

Sunday #3

Genesis 44:1-17

Romans 8:1-10

John 5:25-29

Lent Day 16

Genesis 43:16-34

1 Corinthians 7:10-24

Mark 5:1-20

Lent Day 15

Genesis 43:1-15

1 Corinthians 7:1-9

Mark 4:35-41

Lent Day 14

Genesis 42:29-38

1 Corinthians 6:12-30

Mark 4:21-34

Lent Day 13

Genesis 42:18-28

1 Corinthians 5:6-6:8

Mark 4:1-20

Lent Day 12

Genesis 42:1-17

1 Corinthians 5:1-8

Mark 3:19b-35

Lent Day 11

Genesis 41:46-57

1 Corinthians 4:8-21

Mark 3:7-19a

Sunday #2

Genesis 41:14-45

Romans 6:3-14

John 5:19-24

Lent Day 10

Genesis 41:1-13

1 Corinthians 4:1-7

Mark 2:23-3:6

Lent Day 9

Genesis 40:1-23

1 Corinthians 3:16-23

Mark 2:13-22

Lent Day 8

Genesis 39:1-23

1 Corinthians 2:14-3:15

Mark 2:1-12

Lent Day 7 (again)

Ok. I have realized something today and that is that I counted Sunday as one of our days for Lent. Lent is supposed to be the 40 days from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter Sunday not including the Sundays along the way. The Sundays along the way are supposed to be mini-Easters, respites from the hard time of Lent. I know that we all want to observe that. That is why this is Lent Day 7 (again), because we want to observe the Sundays, not plow on through. Here are the readings for today.

Genesis 37:25-36

1 Corinthians 2:1-13

Mark 1:29-45

Lent Day 7

Genesis 37:12-24

1Corinthians 1:20-31

Mark 1:14-28

Lent Day 6

Genesis 37:1-11

1 Corinthians 1:1-19

Mark 1:1-13

From Sunday's Sermon

Jesus’ first thirty years or so were spent as a carpenter and masonry worker. Then, after being baptized by his hairy cousin John, Jesus walked out into the wilderness without food or shelter. He stayed for a few weeks in that remote, barren wilderness. The ruling spiritual powers tempted him with the gift of enduring, unimaginable political power…
But Jesus, tired and hungry and alone, did not relent. He had something very different in mind. Having resisted the temptation, having resolved his purpose with clarity…Jesus walked back into town and changed the world forever.

Don Everts

Lent Day 5

Daniel 9:3-10

Hebrews 2:10-18

John 12:44-50

Lent Day 4

Ezekiel 39:21-29

Philippians 4:10-20

John 17:20-26

Lent Day 3

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

Philippians 4:1-9

John 17:9-19

Lent Day 2

No OT reference today.

Philippians 3:12-21

John 17:1-8

Lent Services

This article from the Star Press highlights some local services commemorating Ash Wednesday. If you have a little time, or are curious maybe one of these works for you.

Here is the link

Ash Wednesday's Readings

Here are the readings for the first day of Lent. If you click on them, it will link you to the text. This should be a fun adventure. I pray that the discussion about the texts takes us deeper into the story of Lent and brings us face to face with the suffering of Jesus and we see ourselves in this story as well.

Amos 5:6-15

Hebrews 12:1-14

Luke 18:9-14