{"id":4077,"date":"2026-01-20T08:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/?page_id=4077"},"modified":"2026-01-20T08:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:50:20","slug":"on-our-way-lent-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/on-our-way-lent-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"On Our Way &#8211; Lent 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/files\/2026\/01\/On-Our-Way.jpg?resize=279%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4078\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>On our Way: Stories of Transformation, Healing and Hope<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gospel tells one story again and again: God meets people where they are and moves them toward life. Those pushed to the edges\u2014silenced, dismissed, or wounded\u2014are drawn <\/span><b>from the margins to the mission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, becoming bearers of the good news themselves. Those who once opposed God\u2019s work are turned <\/span><b>from persecutor to proclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Those who pass by in fear or self-justification are awakened <\/span><b>from indifference and opened to mercy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Those shaped by scarcity and self-protection are freed <\/span><b>from greed and moved to generosity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And those caught in estrangement and loss are raised <\/span><b>from death to life<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, named as God\u2019s own, and restored to wholeness, communion, and joy. In every case, God does not simply forgive; God <\/span><b>transforms, heals, and brings hope, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sending people, <\/span><b>renewed and reoriented<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, into God\u2019s work in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joanna and Susanna \u2013 From the Margins to the Mission\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saul\/Paul \u2013 From Persecutor to Proclaimer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Good Samaritan \u2013 From Indifference to Mercy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zacchaeus \u2013 From Greed to Generosity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prodigal Son \u2013 From Death to Life<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact us at <a href=\"mailto:nourishing-vocation@stolaf.edu\">nourishing-vocation@stolaf.edu<\/a> I you wish to receive a copy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10038,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4077"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4081,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4077\/revisions\/4081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nourishing-vocation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}