Lenten Devotional 2020

Day 7 – March 3 Wm. R. “Mac” McKenney Community Connections:  WTS M.Div., 2018; Associate Pastor, Good Shepherd UMC, Dale City, VA. Superpower: Center, Varsity Basketball, Wesley Theological Seminary (undefeated since 1882) If necessary ~ Isaiah 55: 6-11 I saw an image on Facebook the other day – a picture of St. Francis in a […]

Day 6 – March 2 Stacey Cole Wilson Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary, M.Div. 2003, WTS Board Member and donor, Ordained Elder in the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church. Birthplace, Baltimore, MD. Superpower:  Love that heals Because of God (I Am), We Are ~ Inspired by the South African concept of Ubuntu and […]

Day 5 -March 1 Claire Coker Community Connections:  3rd Year WTS M.Div. student Superpower:  Propagating too many houseplants. Let me know if you want a cutting!  “Community of Creativity” Inspiration: “You Do Not Have to Be Good” Exhibit by Cheryl Agulnick Hochberg.  “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver. “For Longing” by John O’ Donohue from To […]

Day 4 – Feb 29 Rev. Lauren Bennett Community Connections:  WTS Alum (’19), WTS Community Engagement Fellow 2015-2018; Associate Pastor at Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis Superpower:  Engagement Stretch fully before God ~ Isaiah 58:1-12 A few days ago, we began our Lenten journey with Ash Wednesday. We acknowledged, from ashes we are […]

Day 3 – Feb 28 Karen Santiago Community Connections:  WTS Director, International Student Service; WTS Adjunct Professor, International Student Seminar; WTS Staff Council Co-Chair Superpower:  Raising fierce little humans What the fast are we doing? ~ Isaiah 58:3-4 I don’t fast. The closest I have ever come to fasting is riding on the “intermittent fasting” […]

Day 2 – Feb 27 Kevin Highfield Community Connections:  WTS Alum, 2018, UMC Baltimore-Washington recommended for Provisional Elder, working in Cambridge circuit for The Methodist Church of Britain (Cambridge UK). Superpower:  The Encourager, helping you in your journey to take the next affirmative step Go Where?  ~ Luke 9:18 – 25 This passage in Luke […]

Day 1 – Feb 26 Veronice Miles Community Connections:  WTS Associate Professor of Preaching Superpower:  Infinite Hope Real Deal Piety  ~  Matthew 6:1-6,16-21   Most days I give the impression that living toward a God-centered harmonious existence is as common to human life as breathing, eating, or sleeping. I teach and preach about the radical […]