Archive for April 2020
From Hatred To Love
April 13, 2020 DAILY READING 1 John 4:9-11 FIELD NOTES This week, we’re going to dive deeply into the beloved Prayer of St. Francis. The prayer invites us to look at the dark places in the world and in our own lives, while considering how we might be agents of God’s peace and healing. With…
Read MoreEmpty – Easter 2020
Easter Sunday 2020 Happy Easter! Jesus Christ our Lord is resurrected! Our Scripture reading: John 20:1-18 The Resurrection of Jesus Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to…
Read MoreSaturday of Holy Week: Becoming Free!
April 11, 2020 DAILY READING John 11:44 – The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” FIELD NOTES It was a Saturday, the day before Easter. As I walked towards the church from my car, a…
Read MoreFriday of Holy Week: Let’s Not Waste Our Lives
April 10, 2020 Tonight’s Good Friday Worship Service There can be no resurrection unless there is death. Meditating on Jesus’ death actually amplifies the joy of Easter Sunday. One great way to meditate on Jesus’s death is by participating in BUMC’s Good Friday Worship Service tonight at 7 p.m. Join in tonight’s worship!>> Good Friday Service…
Read MoreThursday of Holy Week: Loving Us Anyway
April 9, 2020 Tonight’s Maundy Thursday Worship and Tomorrow’s Good Friday Worship As of the time of writing this devotion, Brentwood UMC plans to present tonight’s and tomorrow night’s worship online live. >> Maundy Thursday Service>> Good Friday Service I encourage you to participate in tonight’s Maundy Thursday and tomorrow’s Good Friday worship services at…
Read MoreWednesday of Holy Week: Spy Wednesday?
April 8, 2020 DAILY READING Matthew 26:14-16 – Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to…
Read MoreJesus’ Teaching on Tuesday of Holy Week: Be Prepared!
April 7, 2020 DAILY READING Matthew 25:40 & 45 -“And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’” “Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not…
Read MoreHoly Week Monday: Cleansing Our Temples
April 6, 2020 DAILY READING Matthew 21:12 – “And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, . . .” FIELD NOTES Paul teaches that we are Christ’s holy Temple…
Read MorePraying Through A Crisis
Palm/Passion Sunday 2020 Our Scripture reading: Luke 22:39-46 Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.” Then…
Read MoreStill Christ
April 4, 2020 Christ is the Greek word for Messiah, the Anointed One who has the power to save us. In this litany we will find a Lenten image of Christ and then remind ourselves even that “less than” experience of Christ is still enough. The following Litany is inspired by the words of Caryll…
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