We Wonder

This is the fourth of our weekly guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This guided prayer will be re-published each day this week, so you can use it for daily prayer.

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and is produced by Richard Clark. To learn more about We Wonder, go to wewonderpod.com, or you can stay connected on Instagram and Twitter (@wewonderpod).

Our theme music is by Schwarzsound; the music for our Examen this week is “The Joy of the Lord,” by Audrey Assad.

A big thank-you to the fourth and fifth graders at City Church San Francisco for offering our responsive prayers this season!

Want to help create more beauty and wonder? Support us as a monthly patron! Go to patreon.com/wewonder to learn more about how you can become a partner in this work.

This is the fourth of our weekly guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This guided prayer will be re-published each day this week, so you can use it for daily prayer.

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and is produced by Richard Clark. To learn more about We Wonder, go to wewonderpod.com, or you can stay connected on Instagram and Twitter (@wewonderpod).

Our theme music is by Schwarzsound; the music for our Examen this week is “The Joy of the Lord,” by Audrey Assad.

A big thank-you to the fourth and fifth graders at City Church San Francisco for offering our responsive prayers this season!

Want to help create more beauty and wonder? Support us as a monthly patron! Go to patreon.com/wewonder to learn more about how you can become a partner in this work.

This is the fourth of our weekly guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This guided prayer will be re-published each day this week, so you can use it for daily prayer.

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and is produced by Richard Clark. To learn more about We Wonder, go to wewonderpod.com, or you can stay connected on Instagram and Twitter (@wewonderpod).

Our theme music is by Schwarzsound; the music for our Examen this week is “The Joy of the Lord,” by Audrey Assad.

A big thank-you to the fourth and fifth graders at City Church San Francisco for offering our responsive prayers this season!

Want to help create more beauty and wonder? Support us as a monthly patron! Go to patreon.com/wewonder to learn more about how you can become a partner in this work.

Did you know there’s a craft for today’s story? Join us as a patron at patreon.com/wewonder to download and print out crafts for every Wednesday episode

Welcome to We Wonder: Lent. This is the fourth week of Lent: just as Israel wandered in the desert for forty years, and Jesus fasted in the wilderness for forty days, we are still walking with Jesus toward the cross.

Scripture passage: John 3:1-9

I wonder why Jesus said that his Spirit is like the wind? I wonder what the word-pictures of wind and breath can show me about God?

I wonder why Jesus said that to see God’s kingdom, I have to be born again? I wonder what parts of me need new breath or new life?

I wonder: can I remember being born? Being born is something that happens for us, whether we are ready or not. We aren’t the ones who make it happen. I wonder how God’s new life is like that?

Some of the things Jesus says in this story are a little mysterious. I wonder if I can trust God to speak to me when I hear words that are hard to understand?

This is the fourth week of Lent. I wonder if this season is starting to feel long? I wonder if I can ask God to help me continue to wait and hope, even when Easter feels so far away?

Living God, when you send your Spirit, you create living things; you give new life to the ground, and to dry bones. We will sing songs of praise to you, the Giver of Life, as long as we have breath in our lungs.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

This is the fourth of our weekly guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This guided prayer will be re-published each day this week, so you can use it for daily prayer.

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and is produced by Richard Clark. To learn more about We Wonder, go to wewonderpod.com, or you can stay connected on Instagram and Twitter (@wewonderpod).

Our theme music is by Schwarzsound; the music for our Examen this week is “The Joy of the Lord,” by Audrey Assad.

A big thank-you to the fourth and fifth graders at City Church San Francisco for offering our responsive prayers this season!

Want to help create more beauty and wonder? Support us as a monthly patron! Go to patreon.com/wewonder to learn more about how you can become a partner in this work.

This is the fourth of our weekly guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This guided prayer will be re-published each day this week, so you can use it for daily prayer.

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and is produced by Richard Clark. To learn more about We Wonder, go to wewonderpod.com, or you can stay connected on Instagram and Twitter (@wewonderpod).

Our theme music is by Schwarzsound; the music for our Examen this week is “The Joy of the Lord,” by Audrey Assad.

A big thank-you to the fourth and fifth graders at City Church San Francisco for offering our responsive prayers this season!

Want to help create more beauty and wonder? Support us as a monthly patron! Go to patreon.com/wewonder to learn more about how you can become a partner in this work.

This is the third week of our guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This is the third week of our guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This is the third week of our guided Examen prayer episodes! The Examen is a way of focusing our attention on how we have moved through the day, looking to see where God has been at work and with us in all of the mundane moments of daily life.

This is the third week of Lent: just as Israel wandered in the desert for forty years, and Jesus fasted in the wilderness for forty days, we are still spending this season walking with Jesus toward the cross.

Today’s reading is from the gospel of John, chapter 15 verses 1 through 9.

I wonder how water and nutrients move through a vine and into its branches? I wonder how vines make their fruit grow?

I wonder if I can imagine being joined to Jesus, like a branch that grows out of a vine? I wonder how being that close to Jesus makes me feel?

I wonder if I ever feel disconnected, like a branch that has fallen to the ground? I wonder if it’s hard to believe, sometimes, that I can be filled with Jesus’ life? What do I want to say to God about that?

I wonder what fruit Jesus is slowly growing in me right now? Can I ask God to help me see the ordinary ways that I show his love and life to the people around me?

I wonder what it feels like to rest and remain in Jesus’ love? Can I sit quietly, and imagine Jesus’ love moving through me, like the sap from a vine?

Jesus, you are the vine and we are the branches. Forgive us when we forget that, and try to grow and live on our own. Fill us with your eternal life, so that your fruit of love and grace can grow in our lives and feed your world.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We Wonder is written and hosted by me, Sarah Dahl, and is produced by Richard Clark. Did you know there’s a craft for today’s episode? Head over to Patreon.com/we wonder to find out how you can support this podcast with a monthly membership and get access to the crafts and other special perks.