For those of you traveling with me through the Gospel of John for Lent, John 9 explores the issue of physical and spiritual blindness in a beautiful and profound way. Jesus sees a man who has been blind from birth. The challenges this man faced physically were only...
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...
Twelve billion light years away a dense cloud of molecules crumpled, exploding into a new star. The famous byproduct of this new birth? Water. Without water, human cells cannot function. Without water, plants cannot complete photosynthesis, vegetation’s way of...
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...
Confession: Masks sometimes scare me. Though the artistic flair of a masquerade half mask can be spectacular, full masks make me uncomfortable. Not only is there mystery in whom I’m talking to, but they are too reminiscent of clown makeup for my liking. The...
