{"id":1689,"date":"2013-03-01T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2013-03-01T05:00:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T10:00:50","slug":"walking-asleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/03\/01\/walking-asleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking asleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Lent\u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 3:1-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Question for reflection:<\/strong><\/span>
\nIt\u2019s hard to deny the popularity of \u201czombies\u201d in popular culture today. The entertainment industry cannot be happier about people\u2019s seemingly unquenchable thirst for movies, books, TV shows, cartoons, and songs about these unreal creatures that are somehow dead but somehow alive. Are you and I like the people of Sardis in this scripture, seeming through our works to be alive, but really being dead? What would it look like for you to \u201cwake up,\u201d respond to the Holy Spirit, and be fully alive?<\/p>\n

Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span>
\nPlease, loving God, help me wake up! Lead me away from soul-deadening activities. Help me discover tasks which give me life because they are so deeply rooted in You. May I listen intently to what the Spirit is saying to the churches and become fully alive<\/em> through You.<\/p>\n

~ Becky Ullom Naugle, Director for Youth and Young Adult Ministry<\/p>\n

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s L<\/em>enten devotional, The Practice of Paying Attention<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>,<\/span> written by Dana Cassell, Minister of Youth Formation at the Manassas Church of the Brethren. (Available from\u00a0Brethren Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0in print and E-Book formats)\u00a0Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Walt’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em>his\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/address>\n

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