The Bible - it's a big book when you're looking through it for something written specifically to and for you.
The Bible Draft is a fun and creative way to connect your experiences, thoughts, and feelings directly to the words of Scripture. Played similar to the format of a fantasy football league with the commeraderie among players in your league, the creativity of team names, and the personalization of Scripture passages just for you, the Bible Draft is a worthwhile challenge for those who have never opened the Bible before as well as for anyone else at any stage in the journey.
2025 Lent Edition Bible Draft And League - LEBDAL - Jubilee Edition
Lent 2025; A Jubilee year in the Church in 2025; And another LEBDAL as Kevin and Crew endeavor the mightiest of Lenten challenges to Read; Reflect; Write; or Ask for help! "My son, from your youth up choose instruction and when you are old you will keep finding wisdom. Come to her like one who plows and sows, and wait for her good harvest. For in her service you will toil for a little while, and soon you will eat of her produce." - Sirach 6:18-19
Reflection Spotlight
The gift of Confession
| John 8:1-11 | |
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| 1 | while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. |
| 2 | But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. |
| 3 | Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. |
| 4 | They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. |
| 5 | Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” |
| 6 | They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. |
| 7 | But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” |
| 8 | Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. |
| 9 | And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. |
| 10 | Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” |
| 11 | She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, [and] from now on do not sin any more.”] |
As a young teenage girl I remember reading "The Woman Caught in Adultery" (supposedly our first encounter with Mary Magdalene in the gospels) and I was horrified by the image of a crowd of people dragging this woman to her death. Just as Jesus says "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her"my internal desire for justice kicked in at a tender age to feel vindicated for her. Thankfully with time comes maturity and wisdom and now I just feel deep gratitude and humility when I read this passage. It reminds me of the profound gift of confession and how when I come to him in humility and present myself and ALL of my clumsy, embarrassing sins, He is never out done in love. God in his tender mercy takes me in his arms and kisses me in my brokenness, heals my wounded soul and sets me back on the path of holiness. "Neither do I condemn you. Go and from now on do not sin anymore". Thank you, Lord, for your loving mercy! I am not worthy.
