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LENT 2021 – DAY 35 MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK

Jeremiah 11:18-20, 12:1-17 Philippians 3:1-14 John 12:9-19 Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.[Philippians 3:13b-14] Price Park, North Canton, OH I have a friend, a retired pastor, with whom I walk a coupleContinueContinue reading “LENT 2021 – DAY 35 MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK”

LENT 2021 – DAY 34

Jeremiah 31:27-34 Romans 11:25-36 John 11:28-44 I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. [Jeremiah 31:34c] There’s a hymn in our Evangelical Lutheran Worship Hymnal [ELW #792] that I’ve most often used at funerals for those departed souls who have suffered from Alzheimer’s or dementia. It is titled “When Memory Fades,”ContinueContinue reading “LENT 2021 – DAY 34”

LENT 2021 – DAY 33

Jeremiah 29:1-14 Romans 11:13-24 John 11:1-27 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.” [John 11:21-22] As I write this morning, the winds are whipping outside my window and my light hasContinueContinue reading “LENT 2021 – DAY 33”