— 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,…
Forty days is a long time. Almost 6 weeks. But they could be forty of the most significant days of your life. There are some days in life that you really wouldn’t write home about. But then there are seasons like these: “And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.” (Genesis 7:12)…
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see…
All I know about Lent in two words: “not much.” For more than you may ever have wanted to know, feel free to check out this article. But for what it’s worth – here is what I do know about it and why my praxis is what it is: Lent is the season lasting the…
