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As followers of Jesus, we are called to love God and one another, practice liberating hospitality and serve others with humility and generosity. We strive to welcome everyone: believers, questioners, and questioning believers. We commit ourselves to welcoming people of every race, culture, age, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, socioeconomic position, marital status, family structure, citizenship and veteran status. Likewise, we commit ourselves to embracing the work of racial equity, social and economic justice, and environmental care.
Lent is not a season we rush through. It is a season we walk through. Slowly. Honestly. Sometimes quietly. Sometimes carrying questions, burdens, or grief we can barely name.
It begins in ashes, with the reminder that we are fragile, mortal, and deeply in need of grace. And it ends at an empty tomb, with the astonishing promise that death, sin, and despair do not get the final word, and Alleluias abound.
This devotional journey is meant to help you walk that road from Ash Wednesday to Easter morning one day at a time. Along the way, we will travel with Jesus into the wilderness, sit beside a well, watch blind eyes opened, stand before a tomb, kneel in an upper room, keep vigil at the cross, and finally hear the angel say, “He is not here. He has been raised.”
These readings and reflections are not meant to be long or complicated. They are meant to be faithful companions — simple, honest invitations to prayer, reflection, and trust.
Some days will feel full of light. Some will feel heavy. That is part of the journey. Lent teaches us that God meets us not only in resurrection, but in wilderness, waiting, and even in silence.
My prayer is that this devotional will help you make space for God each day, listen more deeply to Scripture, and walk toward Easter not just informed — but transformed.
Grace and peace to you in this holy season.
Pastor Dave
Bethel Lutheran Church has adopted a welcome statement, joining the national network
of Reconciling in Christ partners on September 15, 2024
Winchester, VA 22603
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