Lent
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21 Things I do every Lent
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3 min read
Lent. The season of penitence and fasting. When the fish fry brings both fast and indulgence to Friday nights. Is there a more traditional season than this one? I do the same things every Lent. Not always on purpose.They just happen anyway. Here’s how it goes for me: 1) I freak out. Every year I…
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‘I can accept failure.’
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1 min read
“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” -Michael Jordan Keep going! You’ve got this Lent thing! What’s your #LentFail?
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‘If you fear failure’
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1 min read
An especially needed message for Lent.
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A Storm of Ashes
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7 min read
Driving home from our pancake dinner last night, having prepared the materials for our Ashes to Go and some Ash Wednesday goodies (which is in the back, please pick one up on the way out), the darkness mixed with the dripping from the sky. The cracks of thunder and streaks so sudden and arresting, any…
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With Unveiled Faces
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5 min read
Paul is not an anti-Semite. I think we should start there. When Paul argues that Moses put a veil over his face and all who hear him read are veiled: this should not be read as anti-semitic. Paul was Jewish. It is more like differentiation. While the other apostles were trying to figure out how…
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Idol In the World
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6 min read
Idol In the World (Day 19 of A Simple Lent) Wednesday Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that ‘no idol in the world really exists’, and that ‘there is no God but one.’ What do you suppose is the question Paul is trying to answer? It always helps me to…