Pause - Session Three: Psalm 63 - Blessing

“Blessing – Psalm 63” – A video for the third session for the Lenten Study “Pause” with author Elizabeth Caldwell!<br />
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Videos in this study: <br />
Introduction – youtu.be/Dsu35JaW0vc<br />
Session One (Psalm 25: Paths) – youtu.be/WpFXMXPaUHA<br />
Session Two (Psalm 27: Faces) – youtu.be/AvaPL7SGnQs<br />
Session Three (Psalm 63: Blessing) – youtu.be/XcC3yFcypo0<br />
Session Four (Psalm 23: Tables) – youtu.be/diysNWgeQi0<br />
Session Five (Psalm 130: Waiting) – youtu.be/JnHXeC31ZLA<br />
Session Six (Psalm 118: Thanksgiving) – youtu.be/h26NB8xKnsQ<br />
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Video Reflections for Holy Days:<br />
A Reflection for Ash Wednesday (Psalm 51: A Clean Heart) – youtu.be/jICGrZoJU38<br />
A Reflection for Good Friday (Psalm 22: Being Alone or Abandoned) – youtu.be/Jlq_EFeod0I<br />
A Reflection for Easter (Psalm 19: Hands) – youtu.be/FL8QDcUCtC0<br />
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The entire playlist can be found at tinyurl.com/PauseforLent<br />
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“May this Lenten journey be a welcome interruption in the rhythms of your daily life. May you find the space and the time for just a few minutes each day to let God’s Spirit awaken and renew your spirit.” <br />
– Elizabeth Caldwell <br />
Lent is an ideal time to step back and reflect on the deeper movements of the spirit, and Elizabeth Caldwell helps readers do this through a simple but profound approach. “Pause: Spending Lent with the Psalms” invites us to take up the spiritual practice of encountering, sinking into, and deeply engaging with one psalm each week during Lent and Holy Week.<br />
The season of Lent encourages Christians to consider a different pace—one of slowing down, noticing, pausing—than what our dominant culture values. The invitation to pause with the Psalms begins on Ash Wednesday, starting with a mark of ashes on our foreheads that reminds us that in spite of our failures—things we have done or failed to do—we belong to God. Readers are then guided into an exploration of Psalm 51 and the theme of a clean heart. Each chapter helps readers to connect an image drawn from that psalm, such as paths, faces, blessing, tables, waiting, thanksgiving, listening, being alone or abandoned, and hands, with their own lives. At the close of each chapter, readers are invited to try a different prayer practice to help them continue to reflect on the theme and psalm each day. This intentional engagement—without feeling burdensome—opens just enough space and time for a creative spiritual practice to flourish, sustaining the life of faith during the Lenten season in ways that can make a difference in God’s world.<br />
Reflection and discussion questions are included with each chapter and the book includes a leader's guide at the end for study groups. <br />
In addition to the individual devotion and group study material found in the book, you can access free digital resources, which include a sermon series guide, children's bulletins, and illustrated sheets for use during worship or study, at www.wjkbooks.com/Pause.<br />
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Rush to Pause this Lent and grab a copy of from your favorite physical or online bookseller including: <br />
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