Lent for Life
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. If all has gone as I have planned, I will have arrived at the Abby of Gethsemani, 22 miles from my home, by 5:45 this morning, to pray and meditate, and receive ashes. The monks there at the Abby are of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict …
Positive Thinking and Fat Tuesday
Set Your Own Standard
It Happens
My daughter sent me a text message, shortly before the church service was to start. It was a picture of her dining room, showing all the furniture cleared back, and the message: “If I’m not at church this morning, here’s why. Dog for sale (almost).” Back in December, we had all “oohed and ahhed” over …