“We want this bread,” the people tell Jesus. He tells them to come to him, that they may never hunger again. Bread, anyone?
Tag: Lent
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Lenten Poems – Bread of Life (16)
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Lenten Poems – Twelve Baskets (15)
“We don’t have enough,” the disciples tell Jesus. He, however, sees an abundance where they only see scarcity.
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Lenten Poems – Jesus and the Father (14)
The relationship between Jesus and the Father has been pondered by the Christian greats throughout the ages. We see in today’s poem how Jesus answers some of his critics.
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Lenten Poems – At Bethesda (13)
Photo: Healing at Bethesda. Author unknown (public domain). Do you want to be well? What a question to ponder this Monday in Lent.
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Lenten Poems – No honor in his country (12)
Photo: Rouault’s Christ And The Apostles, Ben Sutherland, flickr 
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Lenten Poems – Noon at Jacob’s Well (11)
By Mykola Swarnyk, public domain 
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Lenten Poems – Becoming Lesser (10)
Photo: Luke Addison, flickr John the Baptist, in his words and in his life, prepared the way for the Lord. How are you preparing the way for the Lord during this season of Lent?
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Lenten Poems – Born Again (9)
The first chunk of John 3 is filled with truth and life and seeming mysteries and contradictions: How can an adult be born again? How are we born of the Spirit? Why did God send his Son to die? Why do those doing evil seek darkness over the light?For those who have ears to hear, Jesus gives the answers.
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Lenten Poems – In My Father’s House (8)
El Greco, Christ driving the traders from the temple (public domain) As we see in today’s reading, Jesus called for true worship of his Father. We can picture the ruckus he must have caused among the people in Jerusalem, with all the gossip and discussion afterward – not only of driving out the merchants, but in his cryptic remark about raising the temple in three day. We with hindsight know what he means, but try to place yourself back in the temple, imagining the confusion and intrigue his words would have caused.
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Lenten Poems – A Wedding Feast (7)
I wonder how the disciples felt when they watched Jesus turn water into wine for a great wedding celebration. So much symbolism, especially as we think about the wedding of the Lamb, the Lover and Beloved, God and the church. The wine poured out is his blood, shed for our redemption.May you know the love of the Bridegroom this day, as you consider his loving sacrifice.
