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Holy Tuesday | Living in Violet
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. March 31, 2015. Today’s scripture:Luke 19: 41-42. As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,. Saying, If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 8221; I chuckled and said, “Oh yeah, it is a beautiful room.”. Who knows what will happen next. I walked out from that encounter to see this outside…. It is not lost on me that this is the symbol that God chooses to tell us that G...
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Good Friday | Living in Violet
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. April 3, 2015. We have made it to Good Friday. Just a couple more days of this season’s blog. Thank you so much for coming on this journey with me. Today’s scripture: John 19:25-30. Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, Woman, here is your son,. And to the disciple, Here is your mother. Fill in...
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Running towards Holy Week | Living in Violet
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. Running towards Holy Week. April 1, 2015. We have made it to mid week. This is always the day that I feel like I can take a breathing break before the big push of Holy Week. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,. I made some assumptions too that hurt me after a bit. I assumed that I could r...
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. In community there is hope. March 14, 2016. Monday plus daylight savings…ugh! Anyway, we are so lucky to have a guest blogger again today! My dear friend Lauri Muller has written an amazing devo for us today. Lauri has a heart for the homeless and passion for justice. She is amazing. Enjoy! A Call to Persevere in Faith. March 11, 2016. Good morning and happy Friday! When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,. We were like those who dream. We had night one ...
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Hey! | Living in Violet
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. March 27, 2015. They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, Son of David, have mercy on me! So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Notify me...
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Holy Tent Monday | Living in Violet
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. March 26, 2015. Sorry for the delay…this morning was crazy but thinking about it, it may be a pleasant surprise for your afternoon! Just a little over a week left for our devos together. Hope you have enjoyed! If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you. Having become human, he stayed human. It was an in...
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By Faith | Living in Violet
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. March 28, 2015. Today we have a guest blogger! My friend and the church’s new office manager, Amber is our guest blogger. I asked Amber last night if she would like to blog today and she answered yes right away. She is a busy lady who says yes to ministry. Enjoy what she has to say! James 2:14-26 English Standard Version (ESV). Faith Without Works Is Dead. 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? 18 But someone w...
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Living in the holy spaces. Rose City Park UMC. February 19, 2016. You made it to Friday! Today’s scripture: Psalm 27:1-4, 13-14 (NRSV). The Lord is my light and my salvation;. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life;. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me. To devour my flesh. My adversaries and foes. They shall stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me,. My heart shall not fear;. Though war rise up against me,. Yet I will be confident. One thing I asked of the Lord,.
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