I wish I could tell you this will never happen to you… but leaders, there are going to be times when you completely and utterly biff it. I’m not talking about those really awkward moments when you forget someone’s name or when somebody on the tech team turns off the lights before you’re offstage and you have…
Oh! Welcome, Queen of Days! How much you have been missed! And how glad we are to see you now with your skirts tucked neatly beneath you as you sink slowly into your rightful seat with regal grace and a smile of compassion for us – this rag-tag band of wanderers who have traveled…
There are days when the endless bickering within Christianity can feel like the Longest. Roadtrip. Ever. And everything in me wants to whine, “Are we there yet?” But in truth, we’re not there yet because we’re sinners saved by grace, and sometimes our sin manages to yell a little louder than grace – but we’re all working on it…
Forty days in the desert can be a really long time. We fast from something during Lent for forty days because Jesus fasted forty days in the desert, and every year, our reasons for doing it vary. Some of us fast because it’s just what we do – it’s expected of us, or we always…
It’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season for those denominations (and individuals) who wish to observe it. Lent is traditionally observed for the 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays), and there a number of spiritual practices associated with it. Many people chose to give something up for Lent – be that sweets,…
