If only you were here. I’d greet you with a warm hug and three words: He is risen. Leif and I are still in pajamas. I’ll make you a latte or tea or pull that icy Coke out of the fridge for you. You snuggle into our grey couch. We watch the sunrise. And chat...
Today, I want to turn cartwheels. Why, do you ask? Since the beginning of March, over 50 thousand online friends from around the world took up the #LentChallenge to read through the entire New Testament during the 40 days of Lent. We’ve been gulping around 7 chapters...
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...
