United Church of Christ of Seneca Valley

For many of us the pandemic left us with more questions than answers. Many of us are asking big questions about our lives and our faith. We're questioning the things we've been taught. We're rethinking how we want to live our lives. We're wondering how to heal and rebuild our lives and the lives of our friends and neighbors. We're seeking things like clarity, connection, wonder, justice, and balance.The scripture readings in Lent offers us many stories of Jesus encountering people who are seeking: Nicodemus comes to him in the veil of night, he approaches a Samaritan woman at a well, he heals a man born without sight. In these stories, each person is seeking a new beginning, a different life, a deeper faith. What unfolds is an exchange filled with questions and exploration. Often, an unveiling occurs—assumptions are disrupted, a new perspective is revealed, mystery grows.