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“Just Visitors” A Lenten Weekday Meditation delivered on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at the Church of the Brethren in Onekama, Michigan by the Rev. Alison Andrea Young.
We can’t really understand the letter of Paul to the Philippians adequately unless we go back to the Acts of the Apostles Chapter 16 verses 12-40 where the story of the founding of the church in Philippi is told. It was a prayer group predominantly made up of women meeting by the river. Most prominent of the women was the merchant Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, in whose house the church would eventually have its meetings. After Lydia and her whole household were baptized there by the river because “the Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message“ (v. 14c), Paul and Silas followed Lydia from the prayer meeting back to her house.. . .To read the full meditation, click the Download Full Meditation button below.
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