Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
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Reflections for Holy Week – Maundy Thursday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Holy Tuesday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Palm Sunday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Gratitude in Practice
By Jonathan Greer Taking on a Lenten practice was not part of my upbringing, and my early knowledge of the Lenten season was based on people giving up vices and eating fish on Fridays. As I moved into adulthood, I began to see Lenten practices at work in the lives of my friends, but still … Continue reading
Allowing Lament
By Hannah Moody It took me a while to understand that life goes on during a pandemic. Birds still chirp. Rain still falls. Leaves still turn. We still have responsibilities whether it’s school, work, family life; we still have our obligations to do. So why can it be so hard to realize this? With a … Continue reading
Journey to the Cross, Lenten season devotions will begin February 17 on d365
Journey to the Cross, the devotional series for Lent, returns to d365.org, beginning on Ash Wednesday, February 17th. This series features scripture, prayer, and meditative thoughts accompanied by gentle music. This year’s themes and writers are as follows: Preparing for the JourneyAngela Grover – Director of Christian Education at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in Boerne, … Continue reading
The difficulty of discernment
By Laura Stephens-Reed At the transfiguration, a recent lectionary text, Jesus invites Peter, James, and John – his executive committee – on a hike. A team-building exercise. A bit of continuing education. We don’t know if this committee has been briefed about what they’re going to witness at the peak. And even if they’ve gotten … Continue reading
Ashes to Ashes
By Jordan Conley It was a typical school day for a sixth grader. I was rubbing my eyes to wake up, rummaging through my backpack to find my homework from the night before, when I noticed something peculiar. There was a dark imprint of a cross shape on my friend’s forehead. “Um, I think you … Continue reading
Journey to the Cross returns to d365.org for 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The daily devotional series for Lent, Journey to the Cross, returns to d365 on Ash Wednesday, February 26th through Sunday, April 19th. This series features scripture, prayer, and meditative thoughts accompanied by the album Quiet Contemplations containing gentle piano arrangements composed and recorded by John Morton. The ecumenical team of writers includes … Continue reading