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At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to [Jesus,] “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. 33 Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on …
Jesus left the Jordan River after being baptized and went for 40 days into the wilderness. All through scripture, the wilderness is a place of challenge, a place of testing, a place of transition. Don’t imagine the lush green mountain wilderness of central or northern Pennsylvania. In Judea, the wilderness was and still is a dry and desolate place without …
Penn State Pow Wow | Saturday – Sunday, March 29-30, 2025 Visit the Penn State Powwow on Saturday, March 29 or Sunday, March 30 to experience the community and culture of the native peoples of our land! Sign up here if you want to go on Saturday, March 29 – we’ll sort out rides for 10:30 am so we …
O God, When I am in the wilderness, help me learn to rely on you. As I am tried and tested by unfamiliar and frightening challenges: remind me of your faithfulness and love. remind me of my strengths and my ability to grow and learn. remind me that you are working in the world through me. Keep me …
1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become …
lenten thoughts on touch Because Lent is a season when followers of Jesus intentionally try to move closer to God, this year, we will try to move closer to God by considering the countless ways we encounter God through our senses. This week, we are focusing on touch. Both our reflections are from Alicia Anderson, Campus Minister with Lutheran Campus …
Because Lent is a season when followers of Jesus intentionally try to move closer to God, this year, we will try to move closer to God by considering the countless ways we encounter God through our senses. Each week, we’ll focus on taste, touch, sight, smell, or hearing. We’ll share reflections from some friends of Lutheran Campus Ministry to start …
On Ash Wednesday, many Christians receive the mark of the cross on our foreheads in ash, hearing the words: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” We begin the season of Lent with ashes, a powerful reminder that we are human: imperfect, mortal, broken. We begin the season of Lent with the sign of the cross, …
As Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday on March 5th, you’ll find campus minister Alicia Anderson and other campus ministers offering Ashes To Go on the old Palmer Museum Plaza near the Forum from 9 am to 11 am (weather permitting). Stop by and have a cross marked on your forehead in ashes to begin Lent, a season of …
All through March we are joining Campus Ministry Madness with other Lutheran Campus Ministry sites across the nation! This friendly fundraising challenge between campuses helps raise funds for the important work happening on campuses and increases the visibility of campus ministry everywhere! There will be weekly cash prizes and an overall prize for the most points!! Help LCM at Penn …
