In this second episode of this week's focus on cultivating patience, Scott shares four passages from Scripture that are helpful guides as we seek to deepen our practice of patience. He concludes with a 3-minute guided meditation.  

The etymology of the word "patience" comes from a Latin word meaning "to bear suffering." This is why we call a person who is being treated by a medical professional a "patient." In this tenth episode for Lent, Scott talks about how cultivating patience is particularly challenging when we or someone we love is suffering. We are called to go deeper in our faith to draw strength. The episode closes with a three-minute guided meditation.

A European Folk Tale known as The Story of the Stone Soup has much to teach us about generosity. Scott explores this story in this episode, and then closes with a 3-minute guided meditation to help listeners apply the lessons to their lives.

In this fourth week of Lent, we focus on Practicing Generosity. In this episode, Scott shares a story about Ab Nicholas, the primary benefactor of Living Compass, and how he modeled generosity in the way he was present with others. He closes with a 3-minute guided meditation to help listeners hear how God calls them to practice generosity.  

"I've got that joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart....." is the theme of this episode.  Scott not only sings the song but reflects on what that really means when we access that joy, which is a true gift from God.  

Scott starts with a funny story about how sitting around waiting for joy to grow on its own rarely bears much fruit.  We need to do the little things, day by day, that cultivate joy in our lives and the lives of others. 

Jesus calls us to be peacemakers, and often times that means that we will be called to move out of our comforat zones and make peace with people who we find challenging to make peace with. To do this it can be helpful to consider our thoughts, words, and deeds around being peacemakers.  

This fourth episode for Lent 2025 focuses on Cultivating Peace. Jesus calls us to be peacemakers, not simply people who feel peaceful. To be a peacemaker means to enter into situations where there is conflict--and as Scott shares in this episode, sometimes being a peacemaker means bringing peace to a conflict that we have caused.  

A guided meditation is also offered during the last 3 minutes of this episode.  

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This third episode for Lent 2025 focuses on Cultivating Faithfulness. Faithfulness is described as "trusting in the slow work of God" and also as practicing deep listening--to one another and to God. 

A guided meditation is also offered during the last 3 minutes of this episode.  

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This second episode for Lent 2025 focuses on Cultivating Faithfulness. Faithfulness is described as "a long obedience in the same direction," and the journey of faith is compared to running a marathon.