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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 23 – March 24, 2022
March 24, 2022 Jessi Courier CommunityConnections: WTS Development Team Staff Movie Title: Some Years, There are Apples This is Not the End of the Story ~ Jeremiah 7:23-28 Jeremiah’s world was bleak. He prophesied during a time where God’s wrath promised the destruction of His people and their removal from their ancestral home. […]
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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 22 – March 23, 2022
March 23, 2022 Michael D. Charles CommunityConnections: WTS DMin 2017, Military Chaplain Track Movie Title: The Longest Day The Land (life!) Given Us ~ Deuteronomy 4:1…9 The Lenten season offers a time of reflection on Deuteronomy’s ancient guiding words on “how to live” and a moment to assess, privately and communally, on (as […]
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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 21 – March 22, 2022
March 22, 2022 Korla Frye CommunityConnections: WTS Baltimore-Washington Conference liaison for Missioner-in-Residence Ministry; United Methodist Women of the Worldwide United Methodist Church; Southeastern University, Washington, DC, 1980-1984; Association of Baptist Ministers’ Wives & Widows of Washington, D.C. Movie Title: Seeking the Way, Finding the Light TRUE LEADERS FOLLOW THE TRUE GOD ~ Psalm […]
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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 20 – March 21, 2022
March 21, 2022 Reverend Brian Keith McCollum CommunityConnections: Wesley Council Donor and Former WTS Administrator Movie Title: Wait for it! Obey your Thirst! ~ Psalm 42:1-7 For over two decades, Gatorade used the slogan “Obey your thirst.” I am not working in their marketing department; however, I believe they used this slogan because […]
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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 19 – March 20, 2022
March 20, 2022 Rev. Amy D. Yarnall CommunityConnections: WTS Alum 2001; WTS Board Member; Wesley Council Donor; Elder Peninsula-Delaware Conference Movie Title: Rev Trek: Exploring the World of Grace Spiritual Practice that Lasts ~ Isaiah 58:6-7 I think of the late Dr. Laurence Hull Stookey often. I use what he taught me in […]
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Standing with those who suffer: a Christian understanding of peace with justice
“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7 As we watch the horrible reports of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, my heart goes out to the Ukrainian people who are out-manned and out-gunned, but not disheartened. These scenes of violence and […]
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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 18 – March 19, 2022
March 19, 2022 Jameson K. McLaughlin CommunityConnections: WTS MDiv 2013, Urban Fellow; Pastor, New Hope Baptist Church, Waverly, VA Movie Title: Buck and The Preacher Return To Me With All Your Heart ~ Joel 2:12-14 Just prior to the pandemic it seemed as if Sundays were a competition between church and recreation, and […]
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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 17 – March 18, 2022
March 18, 2022 Shelley Jennings CommunityConnections: WTS Board Member; Wesley Council Donor Leading in These Times – Hope for the Future ~ Matthew 21:42-43 Not long ago, my husband and I had a conversation with an undergraduate student at the university we attended. This young woman is an outstanding scholar whose […]
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Lenten Devotional 2022 – Day 16 – March 17, 2022
March 17, 2022 Scott Bach-Hansen CommunityConnections: WTS MDiv Student; WTS Student Council Member (current); Member of St. Matthew’s UMC in Annandale, VA Movie Title: The Encourager, A Friends of Brad Covenant Group Film Karma and Her Sister Grace ~ Luke 16:19-31 As I read this scripture, one word kept popping up in […]
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