Lenten Meditations from Our Parish Family
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, we invite you to journey through Lent with daily meditations written by St. John’s parishioners. These reflections offer honest, thoughtful voices from within our community—meeting us right where we are in this season of prayer, repentance, and hope. Meditations will be shared by email, posted on Facebook, and available as printed weekly copies at the church. Be on the lookout, and let these shared words accompany you as we walk the Lenten road together.
Friday in Fifth Week of Lent
March 27, 2026
Mark 10:32-45
My formative years were in a parsonage of the United Methodist Church, where John Wesley’s motto was instilled:
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as you ever can.
As I grew in faith, it became evident that service, as defined by Jesus, is hard work. In fact, following his teachings is the hardest work I have done.
Mark’s account of James and John’s request—to sit close and be recognized—is not the way Jesus taught. Today, right here at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Montgomery, will we be open to new ways of service as we seek to follow Jesus?
Jack Taylor
