Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and culminates in the greatest celebration of all: Easter Sunday. Many celebrate Maundy Thursday by partaking in a Seder meal. Some churches offer special Thursday services which include feet washing-representing Jesus’ last...
I have tried (all too often unsuccessfully) to give up contempt for Lent. The journey over the last month and a half has revealed just how much contempt I have in my life-sometimes toward the oddest things and situations, ranging from my bank to people who don’t...
After weeks of giving up contempt for Lent, I realize just how much more I’ve become aware of the presence of contempt in my life as well as the many ways it expresses or shows itself-sarcasm, biting comments, darker humor. I also find myself catching...
I recently learned of a leader of an organization who fell in disgrace. I should have felt compassion, but all I felt was contempt. I knew too much. I’d heard one too many stories of the misappropriation of funds and the over-reporting of the non-profit’s...
As Lent continues, and I’m determined to give up contempt for six weeks, I’m beginning to see more clearly the harm contempt does in my life. Contempt is like a wide wedge that slips in my life and my relationships—separating me from God and others whenever I allow it...
