Posts from 2021 (Page 7)

By guest blogger, Lorienne Schwenk Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 Psalm 119:9-16 Ben has some other things to take his time, so I offered to share my musings on the readings for a little while. On this Fifth Sunday of Lent, our last before Holy Week, we hear the voice of Jeremiah. Let me quote a little, “The days are surely coming, says the Lord. I will put my law within them and I will write it on their…

By Ben Nucum Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Psalm 22:22-30 I decided to do something different this week and be very open with my own trials and sufferings with Christ and within Christ. I suffer from bipolar disorder type 2, and I often suffer from both hypomanic (elevated) moods and depressive moods, and the past couple weeks I have been suffering from a particularly potent depressive episode. I wasn’t sure if I was going to write this blog…