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Alumnae Devotional Beneath the Cross of Jesus Lenten Reflections by Alumnae of Covenant Theological Seminary Compiled by Dr. Joel Hathaway Edited by Rick Matt © 2020 Covenant Theological Seminary Unless otherwise indicated all Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover Design: Kent Needler Interior Formatting: Rick Matt Table of Contents Acknowledgments Dr. Joel Hathaway............................................................................................1 Introduction Caroline Scruggs (MDiv ’13).............................................................................3 The Fall: Grace Amid Our Shame (Gen. 2:7–9; 3:1–7) Sarah Viggiano Wright (MAC, MDiv ’12).........................................................5 The Fall Undone: Grace to Live Victoriously (Matt. 4:1–11) Katherine Powers (MA ’12)...............................................................................7 Grace Amid the Storm (Gen. 9:8–15) Carolyn Leutwiler Campbell (MAEM ’15).........................................................9 Grace Amid the Wilderness of Temptation (Mark 1:12–15) Katrina Dalbey (MA ’05)................................................................................11 Remembering, Not Murmuring (Deut. 26:4–10) Amy Allan (MDiv ’17)....................................................................................13 Relationship, Not Magic (Luke 4:1–13) Edith Reitsema (MA ’98).................................................................................15 The Purpose and the Promise (Gen. 12:1–4) Colleen Basler (MA ’10)...................................................................................17 The Greatness and the Glory (Matt. 17:1–9) Betty McCracken (GC ’99)..............................................................................19 The God Who Provides (Gen. 22:1–2, 9–18) Jennifer Baldwin (MAC, MDiv ’06)................................................................21 The Son Who Redeems (Mark 9:2–10) Karen Grant (MA ’07)....................................................................................24 The God of Interruptions (Exod. 3:1–8)) Jennifer Cronk (MAEM ’10)............................................................................26 The God of Transformations (Luke 9:28–36) Courtney Roach (MA ’09)................................................................................28 Waiting for the End of Waiting (Gen. 15:5–18) Cynthia Fischer (MAEM ’14)..........................................................................30 Drinking the Water That Always Flows (John 4:5–26) DeLyn Brancato (MDiv ’10)............................................................................32 Trusting in the Character of God (Exod. 17:3–7) Jenilyn Swett (MDiv ’13).................................................................................35 Standing for the Ways of God (John 2:13–22) Kay Ellen Bleyer (MAC ’97).............................................................................37 The Grace of God’s Law (Exod. 20:1–17) Allie Vining (MAEM ’15)................................................................................39 The Mercy of God’s Grace (Luke 13:1–9) Ada Moore (MAEM ’08).................................................................................41 Looking to the True King (1 Sam. 16:1, 6–13) Kim Lee (MAC ’04)........................................................................................43 Seeing by the True Light (John 9:1–25) Becky Kiern (MAEM ’11)................................................................................45 The Way of Pride or the Way of Humility? (2 Chron. 36:14–23) Ann Louise Schmidt (MA ’05)..........................................................................48 Be the Savior or Rest in the Savior? (John 3:14–21) Anne Reitsema (MAC ’03, MA ’04)..................................................................50 Remember the God Who Gives Good Things (Josh. 5:9–12) Rebekah Rose (MA ’08)....................................................................................52 Remember the Savior Who Gives New Life (John 11:1–27) Hillary Allebach (MAC ’05)............................................................................54 Rattle My Bones Back to Life! (Ezek. 37:12–14) Amy Roebke (MAEM ’09)................................................................................57 Revive the Soul Within Me! (Luke 15:1–3, 11–32) Elizabeth Ranheim (MAC ’06)........................................................................59 The Promises That Offer God’s Peace (Jer. 31:31–34) Caroline Scruggs (MDiv ’13)...........................................................................62 The Pain That Reveals God’s Love (John 8:1–11) Kari Kristina Reeves (MDiv ’07)......................................................................64 The Challenge of Learning Trustful Obedience (Isa. 50:4–7) Gwen Siu (GC ’10).......................................................................................66 The Joy of Living in the Freedom of Forgiveness (Matt. 26:14–27, 66) Brittany Sears-Flowers (MA ’10)......................................................................68 To the Kingdom by Way of the Wilderness (Isa. 43:16–21) Rachel O’Banion (MAC ’08)............................................................................70 To Paradise by Way of the Cross (Luke 23:26–43) Katherine Spearing (MARC ’16)......................................................................72 Postscript: The Feat (inspired by Matt. 26:14–27:66) Mazaré Rogers (MDiv ’16)..............................................................................74 About the Contributors.........................................................................................77 1 Acknowledgments I give thanks for the women who, out of their theological training and personal piety, gave themselves to reflect on these passages for the season of Lent. Some of these women are single, others married. They work in the church, counseling centers, businesses, military settings, and the home. They are from different cultures and countries. Several are sick or have been; others are active. The oldest is 75, and their ages go down from there. A mother and daughter both contributed. All have known the joys and sorrows of life and ministry. They have known abundance, and they have practiced self-denial. Collectively, they await the return of our Savior. These are their reflections on and for the season of Lent. DR. JOEL HATHAWAY Director of Alumni and Career Services Covenant Theological Seminary 2 3 Introduction In the mid-1800s, a young Scottish woman named Elizabeth C. Clephane penned the following words: Beneath the cross of Jesus, I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land; A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, From the burden of the noontide heat and the burden of the day. Nearly 200 years later, our need is still the same—to come, in the wilderness and weariness of life, and hide ourselves in the shadow of the cross. In this way, the season of Lent is a gift to the church because it leads us to slow down and intentionally focus on the cross of Christ. Lent is an invitation to come, from the chaos and loneliness and burden of the day and of our hearts, to sit in the shadow of the cross and to fix our gaze upon the One who hung there in our place. It is an invitation to sit in the story of God’s redemptive work in the world and to feel the weight of it—to feel the weight of sin and failure and brokenness, to feel the weight of God’s coming again and again to his people with faithfulness and patience and love with the promises to rescue and to redeem and to restore, and to feel the weight of the cross where these two realities meet. It is an invitation to examine our hearts and to repent and, in our repentance, to find our rest. The texts and reflections in this book—though not meant to cover every single day of Lent—are intended to guide us as we seek to sit, slow down, and savor the cross of Christ throughout the Lenten season. Our prayer is that the Lord might use them to give us a larger picture of the cross and a deeper communion with the God who willingly gave up his life there in our place. The readings span the story of redemption, finding their telos in the cross. The Old Testament readings highlight Israel’s deep need for redemption and illuminate God’s covenant promises to redeem. The New Testament readings narrow in on the life Jesus, the better Israel, the beloved Son, the answer to the covenant promise, whose ministry provides a window into what that ultimate redemption will be. All shape the picture of our desperate need for the cross and the infinite weight of it. As we journey through this season with our eyes lifted to the cross, may our God enlarge our vision and understanding. May he open and convict our hearts. May he lead us to worship and to repentance, for in these our deep rest is found. CAROLINE SCRUGGS (MDIV ’13) 4 5 THE FALL: GRACE AMID OUR SHAME [T]hen the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the
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