— 1 — Can you believe it’s almost Easter already? Maybe it’s a gift that from year to year, I tend to enter this season with only a vague awareness that it’s going to be insanely busy, but with no real memory of what that actually means. Our Good Friday service is exactly 14 days…
There are a whole lot of opinions floating around out there about the movie, Noah, and while I usually try to stay out of the fray, this time I really can’t. I have read too many misinformed, angry, and judgmental reviews of this movie, and I am so disappointed. Church, it’s almost Easter – the…
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…
— 1 — I’m really sorry if you’re still waiting for that “one last post” about singleness and the church. I really do plan to write it… There’s just been things like really good novels, amazing weekends off, and a touch of what I think might have been food poisoning. I’ll get to it. I will….
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,…
