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  • Then End of One Journey Is the Beginning of Another by Home Missioner Scott Vickery and Deaconess Mollie Vickery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
    04/07/2011 The scripture readings for this day include both interesting and disturbing images, especially to Westerners, of literally eating the scripture, which is both sweet and sour. It conveys the idea that when we digest God's word we experience both comfort and discomfort. We are also compelled to proclaim this comfort and discomfort no matter the cost.
  • As Our Bodies, So Our Spirits by Deaconess Liwliwa Robledo, Logan, Colo.
    04/06/2011 In this season of Lent, it is a time of reflection and review of our journey of faith. What emotional and spiritual blindness has come to your life?
  • Take Your Blinders Off! by Deaconess Stephanie Suggs, Burlingame, Calif.
    04/05/2011 It was not until God opened my eyes to observe the world around me and opened my ears to listen to those with life experiences different from my own that I began to truly understand the suffering of poor people in the United States and across the globe.
  • Come Out From Behind the Stained Glass Window by by Deaconess Sandi Hortman, Columbus, Ga.
    04/04/2011 Gracious God, help us, as Easter people, walk the streets of our towns and cities where we may meet justice that is "standing afar off." No more stained-glass masquerade—only a humble walk of justice with our fellow human beings.
  • Don't Just Give Up, Look In by by Deaconess Debbie Humphrey, Vian, Okla.
    04/03/2011 This lent year instead of "giving up," let us look in. Let us replace giving up with something more befitting with deeper meaning.
  • Lent—An Invitation to Grow Closer to Christ by Home Missioner Enock Gustave, New York, N.Y.
    04/01/2011 Lent is an important season in my life. It helps shed light on what I think about Jesus Christ, his sacrifice on Calvary for the sins of humanity, the end of his earthly ministry, the tragedy that led to his death, and his supreme anguish on the cross.
  • Missing the Point by the Rev. Dr. Beauty R. Maenzanise, dean of the theology faculty at Africa University in Zimbabwe 
    03/31/2011 Often we rush into actions then think after we are confronted with the consequences. Saul, a God-chosen leader was dwelling in God's favor but lost touch with his purpose of mission and fell out of God's favor in the end.
  • Be Consumed by Emma Cantor, United Methodist Women regional missionary for international ministries with women, youth and children, The United Methodist Church, Ermita, Manila, Philippines.
    03/30/2011 Daw Dannu, a petite woman, carries her backpack full of paraphernalia for 10 days. She traveled 7 days to join the four day Bible Women Seminar in Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar (Burma).
  • We Are All God's Children by Charlotte Morrow, spiritual growth coordinator, Kansas East Conference
    03/29/2011 Just as God provided daily manna and water for the Israelites wandering in the desert, Christ provides the source of our daily spiritual water.
  • Above All Things: Love by Helen Sheperd, General Board of Global Ministries missionary with Grace Hospice, Mongolia
    03/28/2011 As we continue in this season of Lent and are attempting to know Jesus better, perhaps this is an area on which we can focus: Loving one another.
  • The Odd Ones in God's Mission by Grace Musuka, Children's Day Care Program, Area Coordinator, Murewa, Harare, Zimbabwe
    03/27/2011 When God chooses people to use for mission, the human mind cannot even begin to understand.
  • Why Did Jesus Have to Go to Samaria? by Serna Samuel, Regional Missionary
    03/26/2011 The reason for Jesus going to Samaria is best summed up in the words of the Apostle Paul in Galatians 3:28: "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ."
  • God's Faithful Provision in Our Journey by Esther Karimi Gitobu, United Methodist Missionary assigned to Cambodia
    03/25/2011 Whether we are in the wilderness like the Israelites or in the Killing Fields of Cambodia during the Khmer Rogue, whether we are in the slums or plush subdivisions and mansions, God listens to our murmurings.
  • A New Heart and a New Spirit by Rosângela Oliveira, United Methodist Women Regional Missionary, Latin America
    03/23/2011 In this time of Lent, we prepare ourselves for the deepest transformation we can go through as human being or institutions: getting a new heart and new spirit that we may have the fruits of the tree in abundance so nobody will go hungry anymore in our global community.
  • God's New Creation by by Indriani Bone, Person in Mission, Women's Coordinator, Methodist Church of Indonesia, Region II.
    03/22/2011 As God created heavens and earth very good in the beginning (Genesis 1:31), so God is renewing the heavens and earth for the people to rejoice. God will not destroy the earth to make another universe.
  • A Child's Eye View by by Cheryll Felder, board president, Houchen Community Center, El Paso, Texas
    03/21/2011 During this Lenten season, help us to see the world through the eyes and hearts of children.
  • God in the Cloud by by the Rev. Dr. Donald J. Clark, executive director, Houchen Community Center, El Paso, Texas
    03/20/2011 A cloud seems to sit over the barrio. It is just there, a cloud of poverty, a cloud of domestic violence, a cloud of drug and alcohol abuse, a cloud of illiteracy, a cloud of hunger—blotting out any reason for hope for generations.

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