April 5, 2010 Lenten Blog Wrap-Up

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Now that our discipline is over, I hope you all will share how this method worked for you and what you think might improve the experience should we want to try something similar in the future.

Saturday April 3, 2010 Faith Journey

Text Acts 22:1-10 Reading 251

This is the last day of our Lenten Journey together. How appropriate we have this reading today!

Monday I will post one last entry for us to share what the experience has meant.

Friday April 2, 2010 Not A Game

Text Acts 19:11-17 Reading 250

How can times of trial show us ourselves?

Thursday April 1, 2010 Live As You Were Meant to Live

Text Acts 16:25-34 Reading 249

What unexpected events will we see to celebrate?

Wednesday March 31, 2010 The Miraculous Release

Text Acts 12:7-15 Reading 248

How do I see the Holy Spirit working today - in the sensational and in the mundane?

Tuesday March 30, 2010 Jesus, The Master

Text Acts 7:51-8:1 Reading 247

How do I respond to stories of martyrs? How does Jesus respond?

Monday March 29, 2010 Fearless Confidence

Text Acts 4:24-31 Reading 246

What is the effect on me as a follower of Jesus to be "immersed in the Trinitarian reality"?

Sunday March 28, 2010 God Encounters

Again on this seventh day we take time to review the past week. How have you encountered God in the past six days?

Saturday March 27, 2010 God's Redemptive Plan

Text Acts 1:1-11 Reading 244

Why do I fear being a participant rather than spectator? How do I take the first steps?

Friday March 26, 2010 Knowing the Good Shepherd

Text John 10:2-5, 14-18 Reading 239

I skipped this one that should have been for Monday. I will get to Acts on Saturday. Ah well. You all were so polite to not mention my error! (smile)

Thursday March 25, 2010 Take Your Fingers and Examine My Hands

Text John 20:19-29 Reading 243

How can I offer grace to those who need to see before believing - which sometimes includes me?

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 One Heart and Mind

Text John:17:20-23,26 Reading 242

How amazing that Jesus prayed for us - "those who will believe in me"!

Tuesday March 23, 2010 The Friend

Text: John 14:15-17 Reading 241

The Holy Spirit as a faithful friend! How empowering and comforting!

Monday March 22, 2010 Holding on to Life

Text John 12:20-26 Reading 240

Where in my life am I holding on to a part just as it is - not allowing change? What does God want for me?

Sunday March 21, 2010 God Encounters

Again on this seventh day we take time to review the past week. How have you encountered God in the past six days?

Saturday March 20, 2010 No Condemation

Text John 8:1-11 Reading 237

Neither condemn nor condone - but love!

Friday March 19, 2010 Do You Want to Get Well?

Text John 5:1-9 Reading 236

What is here for me to learn about wholeness or healing?

Thursday March 18, 2010 Trusting and Expectant

John 3:9-11,14-15,17-21 Reading 235

Confusing but captivating - talk to me, Jesus!

Wednesday March 17, 2010 Life-Light

Text John 1:12-18 Reading 234 (posted early - access Tuesday from list below)

What an image! The darkness could not put it out!

Tuesday March 15, 2010 Looking for the Living One in a Cemetary

Text Luke 24:1-12 Reading 233

How would I respond to the empty tomb?

Monday March 15, 2010 Healing the Enemy

Text Luke 22:47-53 Reading 232

Jesus heals His attacker! Lord, open my ears to hear You!

Sunday, March 14, 2010 God Encounters

Again on this seventh day we take time to review the past week. How have you encountered God in the past six days?

Saturday March 13, 2010 Returning to Say Thank You

Text: Luke 17:11-19 Reading 230

Intentional thankfulness - shouting our gratitude!

Friday March 12. 2010 Lost and Found

Text Luke 15:1-10 Reading 229

God sees each of us lost people - like the lost sheep and the lost coin - as worth going to a lot of trouble to rescue!

Thursday March 11, 2010 Living in God-Reality

Text Luke 12:25-34 Reading 228

Why is it so hard to trust God in these things? What next step can I take?

Wednesday March 10, 2010 Sitting Before the Master

Text Luke 10:38-42 Reading 227

Jesus, who am I more like today?

Tuesday March 9, 2010 Do You See This Woman?

Text: Luke 7:37-47 Reading 226

What can I do today that will have the "true nature of love" in it?

Monday March 8, 2010 No Run-of-the-Mill Sinner

Text Luke 6:27-36 Reading 225

Oh, to be in the front row when Jesus speaks! How would I be different if I followed his directions?

Sunday March 7, 2010 God Encounters

Again on this seventh day we take time to review the past week. How have you encountered God in the past six days?

Saturday March 6, 2010 The Main Character in This Drama

Text: Luke 3:16-20 Reading 223

How would it feel to be a "mere stagehand"? What do I want to put out with the trash?

Friday March5, 2010 Peter Blows It

Text Mark 14:66-72 Reading 222

And we all blow it - regularly. And then can talk to Jesus about it.

Thursday March 4, 2010 The Big Picture

Text- Mark 12:28-34 Reading 221

Love the Lord God; love your neighbor as yourself. We know these words so well. How will we see to apply them to living today?

Wednesday March 3, 2010 Heartstrings

Text: Mark 10-17-22 Reading 220

What am I holding on tight to? It makes me remember a sermon about thumbs!

Tuesday March 2, 2010 Take Your Turn

Text: Mark 7:24-30 Reading 219

Another woman of amazing faith! What does Jesus want us to see today?

Monday March 1, 2010 Telling Your Whole Story

Text: Mark 5:25-34 Reading 218
What "whole story" do I need to tell Jesus? Will kneeling make a difference?

Sunday February 28,2010 God Encounters

On this seventh day, we take time to revel in the ways we have encountered God in the past week.

Saturday February 27, 2010 Paralyzed and Desperate

Text: Mark 2:1-12 Reading 216
How do we recognize who needs a life-altering interaction with Jesus? And then what?

Friday, February 26, 2010 My God, Why?

Text: Matthew 27:45-54 Reading 215

Why did God choose this path -- why is it sufficient?

Thursday February 25, 2010 Overlooked and Ignored

Text: Matthew 25:31-40 Reading 214

Who are the overlooked and ignored in my life? The mystery - how Jesus exists in them!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Jesus Threw Them Out

Text: Matthew 21:12-17 Reading 213

Just taking a quick look at this devotion, I think, "And I bet the merchants thought they were providing a necessary service!" It makes me think how easy it is to get far away from "what is needful".

Tuesday February 23, 2010 The Softened Heart

Text: Matthew 19:3-9 Reading 212

Moving from hardheartedness to softheartedness - who is pleading "give me a chance"?

Monday, February 22, 2010 A Matter of the Heart

Text: Matthew 15:1-14 Reading 211

How have I used devout behavior to avoid doing what I know is God's will?

Sunday, February 21, 2010 God Encounters

Each Sunday we are asked to review and reflect on all we have read this week. Day 210

Saturday, February 20, 2010 Eyes Screwed Shut

Text: Matthew 13:10-17 Reading 209

May we have God-blessed eyes and God-blessed ears! God wants to engage with each of us in relationship.

Friday February 19, 2010 Walk With Me

Text: Matthew 11:28-30 Reading 208

Note: This is one of the readings that works well for beginners in this way of reading the Bible.

I like the direct talk from Jesus! I want to walk with Him!

Thursday February 18, 2010 Jesus The Healer

Text: Matthew 9:18-26 Reading 207

Which episode did you select to concentrate on? I think I will choose the first. What does it mean to be healed?

Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2010 An Invitation

Text Matthew 9:9-13 Reading 206

Reaching out to "outsiders"! Showing mercy! A strong message!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Pray with Simplicity

Text: Matthew 6:5-13 Reading 205

I am glad to consider again in a new way the Lord's Prayer. Especially to hear it directly from Jesus!

Monday Feb. 15, 2010 Live Before God

Text: Matthew 5:27 29, 33-37 Reading 204

It will be interesting to see how reading it like a letter will affect the impact of the words.

Developing the Habit

As the introduction to "Solo" says, the book - and thus our Lenten discipline - is intended to help each of us develop the habit of lectio divina. So, the more important part will be what each of us does one on One - with God. The blog is intended to give us a way to support and encourage us to keep going and perhaps to understand better what is going on.

I am wondering what time of day will work best for me - how about you? Maybe I will decide to get up a little earlier.

As we Read, Think, Pray, and Live each day's Bible segment, I pray we will grow as God intends - into the people he designed us to be!

Remember - Monday we start with the reading for Day 204!

The Plan

Rosalyn has a good idea - start next Monday Feb. 15th with reading 204. Then we will have the 7th day reviews on the Sundays. I will make a blog entry for each day and you can choose the blog relating to the reading you want to refer to. I hope that we will be able to encourage each other as we follow this path together.

Please enter a comment to let us know you are joining in!

The Launch

We decided at the January meeting to join together for a Lenten addition to our lives. We will read daily entries from Eugene Peterson's devotional book "Solo" and then discuss them in this blog.

We will shortly have more information - particularly where we will start!!

The book is available on Amazon and I can get it for anyone interested for $10.19 - just contact Arlene.