Devotions

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Wednesday: Fifth Week of Lent John 16:16-33 What was the best part of today? What was the worst part? In the Gospels Jesus frequently told the disciples exactly what was going to happen. They frequently didn’t […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Thursday: Third Week of Lent John 11:1-16 Have you decided to give up something for the Lent season? If so, what? During Lent people tend to forfeit pleasures or activities to prepare for Easter. Items such […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Monday: First Week of Lent John 3:1-21 Have you ever left your phone on airplane mode? John tells us that Nicodemus was “a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee” (3:1). It’s hard to imagine a […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Thursday: Fourth Week of Lent John 13:21-38 What is your favourite memory of gathering around the kitchen table? Several years ago I purchased a new kitchen table. It’s the kind of table that makes me smile […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Friday: Fifth Week of Lent John 18:1-14 Have you ever tried to offer help to someone but ended up just getting in the way—or worse—aggravating the situation? I think we’ve all been there in one way […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”] Tuesday: First Week of Lent John 3:22-36 If you were a character in a fairy-story, what character quality would you want to be known for? In The Last Battle, the conclusion to his famous saga […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Saturday: Second Week of Lent John 8:12-30 What can you see when you’re in a pitch-black room with the door closed? If all the light has been blocked out, you won’t even be able to see […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Thursday: Fifth Week of Lent John 17:1-26 Have you ever felt that you could not please God? The Church of Scotland’s Westminster catechism announces that the supreme purpose of all people is “to glorify God and […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Saturday After Ash Wednesday John 2:1-12 What do you like about weddings? Although I enjoy the wedding ceremony, I absolutely relish the party after the service. I get to mingle with others, see people I haven’t […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Ash Wednesday John 1:1-18 Have you ever built a robot? When I discuss human free will in my course on the problem of evil, I bring to class a reproduction of a robot known as Robby, […]