Lent Blog

Category: Lenten Blog 2022

  • A Prayer for Uvalde

    Lord, as we mourn the innocence,we cry tears;and our tears fill rivers;and the rivers become oceans.Lord, turn these oceans toOceans of Love;and the wavesWaves of Your Power for right.Power to heal.Love to console.and as we see the ocean,feel the waves,we go forth knowing You are with us.You heal and strengthen us.and empower us to beInstruments […]

  • An Invite….

    We invite you to an online screening of the film Eating You ALIVE. This is an informative, motivating, and valuable film filled with inspiring stories of people across the United States who transformed their health, simply by changing their diet.  On May 12, at 6:30 PM, Marble Church will show this film to educate participants […]

  • Walking the Path with Friends

    “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” Anaïs Nin Thank you for joining us for the 2022 Marble Women’s Ministry’s Lenten Blog, Walking the Path of Lent with Friends. Friendship seemed like the suitable theme […]

  • Friendship While in the Wilderness

    Happy Easter! “Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all”. (Gal 6:9-10) Lent means embracing changes in our lives and our communities. With God’s help, change (mostly […]

  • I Will Wait for you in the in Between

    I Will Wait for you in the in Between

    Today is the day to pause in the stillness between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

  • Good Friday…

    While there are many hymns and spirituals that tell the story of Good Friday, none are more grounded and moving than “Were you There?” A spiritual that was likely written by an enslaved African-American.

  • Maundy Thursday

    Today is Maundy Thursday. I share two songs that remind me of the journey of Christ during this holiest of weeks.

  • The Friends of Jesus

    As we enter Holy Week, I am reflecting on the friends that were around Jesus as he made the final walk to Jerusalem.  In that motley crew of disciples we don’t often hear the names of the women who surrounded Jesus.  We know his mother was there, and Mary Magdalene.  We hear of other women like Susanna.  Yet the focus is often on the male disciples with Jesus.  

  • Trail Stairway to Heaven

    Last Saturday, my boyfriend and I hiked the trail known as the Stairway to Heaven, near Vernon Township, NJ.  The day was sunny and cool, in the low 50’s – a great day in spring for a hike!

  • Inner Vision: An Online Art Exhibition

    Today is Holy Monday. And today I share a wonderful exhibition from our Arts Ministry, Inner Vision. Lent is the time for reflection and contemplation between Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This is especially poignant as the pandemic rages on and the rumors of war become a reality. You are invited to immerse yourself in this […]