Dear Friends: Sending you all Easter blessings and gratitude for joining us for our Lenten journey this year (and also one more reflection!). I am grateful for all of our writers and for the kind words you shared with me along the way. Thank you for the many ways you reflect the mystery and beauty… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Lenten Devotionals
Lenten Devotional 4/18/2019
Have you had the privilege of meeting TCU senior Lauren Keaney? Lauren, an early childhood education major, took time out of her busy student teaching semester to write this reflection for us. She is spiritually wise well beyond her years, and I am delighted that she will be continuing her time at TCU to complete… Read more »
Lenten Devotional 4/16/19
Today’s lovely words come from Dalton Goodier, Senior Admission Counselor in the Office of Admission. Dalton, an active member of the Disciples of Christ community, serves as the face of the Disciples of Christ church for the Office of Admission. His friends tell me that he is a perfect representation of TCU: smart, engaged, and… Read more »
Devotional 4/11/2019
Today’s reflection comes from Dr. Paul Witt, professor in the Department of Communication Studies. For over 20 years, he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in theory, character, and intercultural communication. He and his wife are active participants in the Christian community in Fort Worth and serve as marriage mentors at Gateway Church. They have… Read more »
Lenten Devotional 4/9/2019
Today’s reflection comes from Charlotte Holliday, one of the sweetest souls to walk the TCU Campus. Charlotte works in the Luther King Capital Management Center for Financial Studies in the Neeley School of Business. She is a TCU graduate currently pursuing her MLA at TCU, and her oldest daughter is a junior on campus (it’s… Read more »
Lenten Devotional 3/29/2019
Today’s devotional comes from Graham Watson, a business and religion student from the Disciples of Christ tradition. Graham loves to listen and think differently. Graham also writes a frogfolio called the Art of Hornedfroggedness under his alter ego Purple Thor. It has been a gift to know him during his time at TCU. Reading: “I… Read more »
Lenten Devotional 3/20/19
Today’s devotional comes to us from Rev. Megan Peglar, Admissions Associate at Brite Divinity School. An ordained Disciples of Christ minister and graduate of TCU and Brite, Megan brings wisdom and tenacity to her new role. As classmates at TCU, we actually studied abroad one summer together in Spain. Our friendship blossomed over cups of… Read more »
Lenten Devotional 3/18/2019
Reading: [This blessing] is simply here because there is nothing a blessing is better suited for than an ending, nothing that cries out more for a blessing than when a world is falling apart. From Blessing When the World is Ending by Jan Richardson Reflection: Here is how you greet people in Morocco. I know… Read more »
"and they prepared for the Passover meal" Lenten Devotional 11
Mark 14:12-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 12) On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 13) So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go… Read more »
"The Lord is the everlasting God" Lenten Devotional 11
Isaiah 40: 28-31 NIV 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak…. Read more »