Tag: Wilderness

Embracing the wilderness

The wildernesses of our world, says Rev. Greg Lawton, can be places of refuge as we seek true reliance on God and grow in faith.

Finding a way out of the desert

When experiencing a desert season, how do you move forward and find God’s presence and guidance? John Seppanen, Heritage District Lay Leader, shares some thoughts that have helped him out of dry times.

Accepting our belovedness

Throughout Lent, Wesley campus ministry leaders will provide devotions based on the Gospel lectionary scriptures. Audra Hudson Stone from CMU looks to Jesus’ temptation as an example of how we can accept our identity as God’s beloved and reject all that challenges it.

Bishop’s Advent video offers hope

“This Advent season,” says Bishop David Bard, “we find ourselves in the wilderness, exiled from our usual practices.” The bishop offers a song about the new thing God is doing in these troubled times.

Lessons from the Wilderness

Life-changing things happen in the wilderness. The Rev. Glenn Wagner describes what happened to Jesus and what happened to him in the remote desert in Israel.

Growing in the dark during Lent

March 6 is Ash Wednesday, a time to enter dark places of life to declutter and create space for miracles.