Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 23 Word: WEPTScripture: “Jesus wept.” John 11:35            Each one of us sits next to a pool of our own tears. Our pools are all different. Some have been caused ...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 22 Word: RESTScripture: “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”  Matthew 11:28            Most of us know what it means to feel f...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonWord for Day 21: PEACEScripture: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you.”  John 14:27            We experience two different kinds of peace. One is the peace t...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonWord for Day 20: FORGIVENScripture: “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”  Luke 5:20            Our most grievous sins occur when we fail to love. We let people down, we hu...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonWord for Day 19: POORScripture: “He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.” Luke 4:18            The word poor appears many times in the Bible. The poor have a...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 18 Word: LISTENScripture:  “Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak.”  James 1:19            The German theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer once wrote,...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 17 Word: TREASUREScripture: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  Matthew 6:21            Each one of us has treasures. As young children, o...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 17 Word: TREASUREScripture: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  Matthew 6:21            Each one of us has treasures. As young children, o...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 12 Word BREAD“Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11            In the prayer that Jesus teaches his disciples, he invites them to ask for daily bread. Thi...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 16 Word: WORLD “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son.”  John 3:16            Sometimes we make the gospel too small. We reduce it to individuals bei...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 15 Word: PEACEMAKER “Blessed are the peacemakers.”  Matthew 5:9            Despite constant talk of the value of peace, we find very little in this world. Our publi...  Read More

Pauses for Lent by Trevor HudsonDay 14 Word: TIME“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.”  Mark 1:15            The Greek New Testament uses two words for time: Chronos and kairo...  Read More