Category: Lent

Being down and out the past few days has given me the opportunity to be more thoughtful. Being tired and not very mentally energetic has meant that I have watched a little more television than is usual. You don’t have…

It is Saturday evening and I feel like my illness has crested and is now on the mend. I am still tired and washed out but that flu-like feeling has deminished, so hopefully things will be looking up tomorrow. Not…

One thing that definitely happens, at least to me, when you get sick is that you get more reflective. Not deeply reflective, since even with a slight fever (fortunately mine is only 100.1 tonight) it is hard maintain any depth…

Sometimes our preventative measures work and sometimes they don’t. I have come down with something that seems to have settled in my upper chest. I am running a small fever (99.6) and have those flu-like symptoms we hear about. So,…

Today has been one of those days where you do those routine things like getting a haircut, shopping for groceries, and replacing that toaster oven that had the candle wax melt into it and now can’t be heated up without…

Monday, the beginning of the work week for most people and for me it is the beginning of my first full Lenten week. You may remember that Sundays are not included in the forty days of Lent. Today has been…

Today is Sunday and technically it is not part of Lent, but a day off our Lenten observance. However, when I decided to blog my Lenten experience, I felt I needed to include something for everyday. As a result, Sundays…

The weekend has arrived. During Lent the weekend is split. Saturday is still part of Lent while Sunday is technically a day off. In earlier times it was the one day a week you didn’t have to fast or semi-fast,…

Thanks to Rebecca of Rebecca Writes, I am still thinking about total depravity (see below). I sometimes envision that doctrine as the John the Baptist doctrine, since it is the great leveler, bringing the high down (yes, you too are…

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, the 40 day period of reflection, repentance, and change of life leading up to Easter. Having come, first out of the Catholic tradition, then the Episcopalian/Anglican, I have long considered this…