http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/nov-27-the-cycle-of-nature/ Advent and Lenten devotions by Goshen College students, faculty and staff Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/nov-27-the-cycle-of-nature/#comment-464 Rosellen Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:02:43 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=364#comment-464 Oh to be a purveyor of "good news" as I continue to look to the Lord of Hope. Thank you, Luke, for this reminder. Blessings of Hope and Peace. Oh to be a purveyor of “good news” as I continue to look to the Lord of Hope. Thank you, Luke, for this reminder. Blessings of Hope and Peace.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/nov-27-the-cycle-of-nature/#comment-463 Mary Ellen Meyer Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:39:59 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=364#comment-463 Luke, sometimes I find it takes extreme effort to "be on guard" so that my heart is not weighed down by "the worries of this life." So much of the information that wants to intrude on our lives is worrisome. Your meditation gives affirmation to me in my attempts to frequently replace listening to the news with more life-giving pursuits. It made me see this passage in a new light. Thank you. Luke, sometimes I find it takes extreme effort to “be on guard” so that my heart is not weighed down by “the worries of this life.” So much of the information that wants to intrude on our lives is worrisome. Your meditation gives affirmation to me in my attempts to frequently replace listening to the news with more life-giving pursuits. It made me see this passage in a new light. Thank you.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/nov-27-the-cycle-of-nature/#comment-462 Jep Hostetler Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:00:33 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=364#comment-462 ..and pay attention. Thanks Luke, for the insights. ..and pay attention. Thanks Luke, for the insights.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/nov-27-the-cycle-of-nature/#comment-461 Marianne Huber Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:38:38 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=364#comment-461 When I was a child, I used to use any excuse to miss Mass on the day this gospel was read. It terrified me. Reading your hopeful message and watching the rising of the round bright sun with you brings me back across many years to those childhood days. I'm suddenly thankful instead of being fearful. When I was a child, I used to use any excuse to miss Mass on the day this gospel was read. It terrified me. Reading your hopeful message and watching the rising of the round bright sun with you brings me back across many years to those childhood days. I’m suddenly thankful instead of being fearful.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/nov-27-the-cycle-of-nature/#comment-460 Ann Hostetler Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:29:23 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=364#comment-460 Luke, I enjoyed your interpretation of this passage very much, and take courage in your description of the cycles of nature as divine reassurance in the midst of difficult challenges that we have in Christ what we need to meet them. Luke, I enjoyed your interpretation of this passage very much, and take courage in your description of the cycles of nature as divine reassurance in the midst of difficult challenges that we have in Christ what we need to meet them.

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