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Welcome to We Wonder: Lent. This is the second week of Lent: just as Israel wandered in the desert for forty years, and Jesus fasted in the wilderness for forty days, we will spend the next four weeks walking with Jesus toward the cross.

Scripture passage: Luke 15:1-10

I wonder why some people were upset about who Jesus was having dinner with? I wonder what they wanted him to do differently?

I wonder if I have ever felt lost, or separated, or alone? Are there places I go where I don’t feel safe or at home? Do I need to tell someone I love? Can I talk to God about that feeling?

Have I ever found something I have loved, and lost? Can I remember what that felt like on the inside? I wonder if God feels exactly that way about me?

I wonder if I can believe that God is always looking for me because God delights in me? That I bring God joy? That God’s party isn’t complete without me there?

I wonder if I can be still right now, and trust that God will seek me out? Can I ask God to help me wait and hope, because I know that he is loving and good?

Kind God, all of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from you. But you are like the shepherd, who will look until you find us. Help us to wait, and watch, and hope to be found.

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