Category: Lent

In some ways I feel I have the best of all Christian worlds. I grew up Catholic, was encouraged in my conversion by a Southern Baptist lady, and passed through the Quakers and Pentecostals before settling for 27 years in…

Over the years most Christian symbolism and the two most important feast days have been twisted by the secular world to its own ends and commercialized. Everyone wears crosses; some are even bling, excessively gaudy baubles reduced to talismans, devoid…

Lent begins tomorrow. Last year I did a daily devotional as part of my Lenten observance. I will endeavor to do the same this year, both as spiritual exercise, but also as an attempt to get myself writing again on…

“For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.” We say that powerful closing to the Lord’s prayer with the advantage of hindsight, but at this moment it does not appear so. If…

After a long journey we have reached our goal. It was a modest objective, just to blog something about my ongoing spiritual insights for each day of my Lenten observance. I began Lent with my life in a dry space…

It is overcast and chilly, with a bit of rain now and then; in all, a fitting Good Friday. Today is the saddest, most agonizing day in the history of creation. It is the day that the Son of God…

Like earlier this week, I have moved the meditation on the last seven words of Jesus to a separate posting. Having recently left the desert, the fifth phrase, “I am thirsty,” would seem an appropriate meditation, if it where not…

Two more days left in my Lenten observance. It is hard to believe that tomorrow is already Good Friday. I don’t feel ready for it yet, for a number of reasons. Coming back from trips is hard for me, since…

Today is a travel day. The conference closes and we fly home. I pray that the trip home will be easier on Sarah and Anna Marie than the trip out. They both had a difficult time. However, no matter how…

Lots of things happening at my conference with big news relating to one the vendors I support with training and consulting, which will change my professional landscape. This news may force me to make a decision on the direction of…