Comments on: Remember and bow http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/ 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 By: Elaine Kauffman http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2827 Elaine Kauffman Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:04:53 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2827 "The barren road to Easter..." I like that image. I will be reflecting on that one. “The barren road to Easter…” I like that image. I will be reflecting on that one.

]]> By: Lynn W http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2824 Lynn W Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:30:33 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2824 Norm - As an Episcopalian, I too recalled the liturgical greeting during Lent of "Bow down before the Lord"..... When I first heard it I found it troublesome until I began making the motion with my body as I said the words..... and realizing my profound need to bow down before the Lord in humility ..... Norm – As an Episcopalian, I too recalled the liturgical greeting during Lent of “Bow down before the Lord”….. When I first heard it I found it troublesome until I began making the motion with my body as I said the words….. and realizing my profound need to bow down before the Lord in humility …..

]]> By: Richard Humphries http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2810 Richard Humphries Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:11:01 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2810 I wish you had - in this time of turmoil in the middle east - mentioned that the "Aliens" were the Canaanites who became the Palestinians we know today. The Palestinian Alien sub culture in Israel who sat on that hill side when Christ gave his "Sermon on the Mount"! Dick I wish you had – in this time of turmoil in the middle east – mentioned that the “Aliens” were the Canaanites who became the Palestinians we know today. The Palestinian Alien sub culture in Israel who sat on that hill side when Christ gave his “Sermon on the Mount”!

Dick

]]> By: Rev. Timothy Haut http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2809 Rev. Timothy Haut Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:49:46 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2809 This is lovely, Jim, and a timely reminder that we rarely have the wisdom to look at our lives with a long view. We need to remember that when we are journeying through some wilderness! This is lovely, Jim, and a timely reminder that we rarely have the wisdom to look at our lives with a long view. We need to remember that when we are journeying through some wilderness!

]]> By: winnie valcancick http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2808 winnie valcancick Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:13:29 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2808 Remember and bow..this such a beautiful reminder of how key reverence is in my prayer..body gestures keep me mindful of our gracious God's Indwelling Presence. Remember and bow..this such a beautiful reminder of how key reverence is in my prayer..body gestures keep me mindful of our gracious God’s Indwelling Presence.

]]> By: Devotions Editor http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2807 Devotions Editor Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:50:26 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2807 Norm, which change are you referring to? - Jodi Beyeler, devotions editor Norm, which change are you referring to? – Jodi Beyeler, devotions editor

]]> By: Debbie Lackowitz http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2806 Debbie Lackowitz Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:54:51 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2806 Oh yes Jim. We are all on a journey and ask 'are we there yet?'. Of course not! And you're right. Getting there is half the fun! It is what we will remember. So enjoy! Oh yes Jim. We are all on a journey and ask ‘are we there yet?’. Of course not! And you’re right. Getting there is half the fun! It is what we will remember. So enjoy!

]]> By: Norm Morford http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/remember-and-bow/#comment-2805 Norm Morford Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1983#comment-2805 "...bow down before the Lord..." is the phrase that begins the end of the liturgy in the Episcopal Church during Lent. Is there a particular "tradition" among Mennonites about changes to the "text" of worship during Lent? “…bow down before the Lord…” is the phrase that begins the end of the liturgy in the Episcopal Church during Lent. Is there a particular “tradition” among Mennonites about changes to the “text” of worship during Lent?

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