These readings were chosen as texts to represent the challenge and cost of responding to God's call in our lives.

Schedule of Readings with Sermon Links

Lent 1

The Costly Cup - Jesus Prays Alone
Luke 22:39-46

Lent 2

Voices for Justice - Milcah Finds Voice
Numbers 27:1-11
Sermon - Daughters of Z

Lent 3

Civil Disobedience - Midwives Take Action
Exodus 1:1-20

Lent 4

Confronting Culture - Thecla Follows Paul
Acts of Paul and Thecla 2:1-4ff (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/thecla.html)
Sermon - Thecla's Story

Lent 5

Picking up the Cross - Moses Comes Home
Exodus 3:1-10
Sermon - Burning Bush

Litany

Katherine Hawker, 2004

Jesus is called into the garden to pray, alone.
God is still speaking...
May we hear your Wisdom as we journey
from sadness to solitude.

Milcah's response empowers her demand for justice.
God is still speaking...
May we hear your Wisdom as we journey
from abdication to advocacy.

Thecla follows her call away from cultural expectations.
God is still speaking...
May we hear your Wisdom as we journey
from fear to faith.

The Midwives hear truth in the cry of the vulnerable.
God is still speaking...
May we hear your Wisdom as we journey
from passivity to pacifism.

Moses returns home to speak truth to power.
God is still speaking...
May we hear your Wisdom as we journey
from cowardice to courage.

Prayer of Dedication

Accept our offerings, Living God
as reflections of our commitment
to hear and respond to your voice speaking,
still.
God is still speaking...