Lenten Devotional 2020

Day 37 – April 2 Marcus Jean Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary MDiv candidate 2022; WTS Community Engagement Fellow; Kingdom Fellowship AME Church, Silver Spring, MD Superpower:  Encouragement Lord of All – Genesis 17:1-8 . The body of Christ is represented in full color in the Wesley community and I am reminded almost every day […]

Day 36 – April 1 Kasongo Butler Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary, MDiv candidate 2020; Wesley Council Director and Donor; WTS Community Engagement Fellow 2016-2019; Hometown: all of the Sunshine State — Florida Superpower:  Creative Engagement Hope ~ Romans 5:1-5  Last semester, I had the opportunity and privilege to embark on a journey with my […]

Day 35 – March 31 Techika Rhodes Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary M.Div. student; came to Wesley by way of alum Rev. Jana Green, Senior Pastor of Oak Forest UMC, Director of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Wesley Foundation                       Superpower:  Always keeping a […]

  Day 34 – March 30 Shaw Brewer Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary DMin. student (Public Engagement Track B); Lay Servant at Bethesda United Methodist Church        Superpower:  Encouragement The Power of Community and Scripture ~ Psalm 23            I have been thinking about how the disciples must have […]

Day 33 – March 29 John Bowman Community Connections:  Natural Resources Defense Council; Wesley Theological Seminary community partner    Superpower:  Positive Thinking! Collective Care for Creation ~ Isaiah 24:4-6 Is this a biblical warning of climate change?  It’s not yet too late to alter our course and work collectively to save the planet! “The earth […]

Day 32 – March 28 Bruce Birch Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology          Superpower:  Ability to see whole picture The Enemies of Community  ~ Jeremiah 11:18-20; John 7:37-52              Nothing undermines the idea and the experience of community more thoroughly than the notion […]

Day 31 – March 27 Rev. Raedorah Stewart Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary Director of the Writing Center; WTS D.Min. student                        Superpower:  Pantone 266-2738 (or, the color commonly known as Purple) Maker,  Keeper,  Lover ~inspired by the writings of medieval mystic Julian of Norwich […]

Day 30 – March 26 Rev. Carl Ford Peterson Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary M.Div. 1969; Returned to Wesley last year for the commencement at National Cathedral – celebrated 50 years of graduating from WTS; Member of the governing Board of Preachers’ Aid Society of Susquehanna Conference; Board of the New Cumberland Olde Towne Association, […]

Day 29 – March 25 JaNice Parks Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary Alum 2014;  WTS Current D.Min. student; WTS Director of Enrollment                        Superpower:  Drawing people into my space Sign of Hope ~  Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 40:5-11; Psalm 45; Luke 1:26-38; Hebrews 10:4-10 We need […]

Day 28 – March 24 Madelyn Campbell Community Connections:  Wesley Theological Seminary M.Div. 2014;  WTS Current D.Min. student (Cambridge Track C); Unitarian Universalist Church of Lehigh Valley, PA   Superpower:  Boundaries Surrender ~  Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; Psalm 46:1-8; John 5:1-18 I surrendered myself to the water. In the water there is life and there is death. […]