Lent starts next week. I’m not ready. I know it’s not a thing I have to have a bunch of stuff ready for, but it’s a season I’m not ready for. I haven’t been ready for anything since after Halloween and yet everything keeps happening. Some years Christmas is harder than others. Even as a […]
Read MoreLent Reflection: The thing about Lent is that it’s so long. That’s one reason giving up something that you want to be rid of forever during that time can be so helpful. 40 days is a good jump start on kicking something to the curb. During that time, the space you once held for that […]
Read MoreI missed last week’s Lent reflection. It was a “snow day” here and I couldn’t manage to sit and write it out. It’s been so cold and wet here. It’s sunny today – warmer, but still damp. I feel damp and soggy in my convictions lately too. Numb from the cold from the outside in […]
Read MoreLast year, I decided to give up something for Lent. Easter is my favorite holiday, but the church I grew up in really didn’t “do” Lent, so though I’d been familiar with it from a distance, I’d never actually participated in this tradition leading up to the Easter holiday. I did a little research and […]
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