This year I gave up something unusual for Lent: Contempt. After more than a week of giving up contempt for Lent, I’ve discovered something rather unremarkable: I have a lot of contempt in my life. Honestly. Not surprising. What caught me off guard, though, was...
Dear Friends, Over the last few years, I’ve fallen in love with Lent. The opportunity to set apart time specifically to seek God for forty days and grow in my relationship with Him in the weeks preceding Easter has become like a balm to my soul-providing...
Today Lent begins. I’ve been waiting for this day. Counting down the days. And Lent is finally here. During the next six weeks I’m going to be diving into the Gospel of John. I hope you’ll join me. The Gospel of John is written to help people-like...
For years, the arrival of Lent was an afterthought in my life. I remembered the season began whenever I ran into someone with a black sooty cross on their forehead. “Oh yeah! Lent is here!” I’d reason. But I’ve begun to not only anticipate but...
Throughout Lent I’ve been preparing for Resurrection Day by giving up prayer–or at least long prayers. I limited myself to three word prayers over the last seven weeks and have the cobwebs getting cleaned out of my spiritual life in the process. I’ve...
