Reflections for Holy Week – Good Friday
Espanol / Holy Week / Lent / Paul Baxley

Reflections for Holy Week – Good Friday

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 – Maundy Thursday
Espanol / Holy Week / Lent / Paul Baxley

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
Holy Week / Lent / Paul Baxley

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
Holy Week / Lent / Paul Baxley

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
COVID-19 / Leadership Scholars / Lent

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
Leadership Scholars / Lent

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
Prayers / Resources

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
General CBF / peer learning groups

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
General CBF

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
General CBF

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