A Message fom the Senior Pastor

Dear Community of St. John’s,

“How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty…even the sparrow has found a home…blessed are those whose strength is in you…better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.” Psalm 84

Now, I want you to read all of Psalm 84 out loud (check out the right sidebar). Now. I am serious. Go ahead. I’ll wait.

It is important to hear those words out loud. They are words of comfort, words of strength, words of hope and words of home. Our Lenten theme for 2010 is “House to Home, Forty Days of Lent.” There is a little prodigal son and daughter in all of us and God is the one always, ALWAYS welcoming us home. Even the lowly sparrow has found a home in the presence of the Lord Almighty.

As for the past two years, I am asking you this Lent to remember 2-2-1. Two-Two-One. For our Lenten journey 2010 there are TWO daily disciplines, TWO weekly disciplines and ONE seasonal discipline.