Lent #1: Why I’ll have ashes on my forehead today
I’ll never forget my first Ash Wednesday. I was a seventh grade student at St. John’s International School in Waterloo, Belgium. We had all gathered in the commons, a priest said a few words, and the...
View ArticleLent #2: The three temptations we all face
How’s Lent going so far for you? If you’ve chosen to give something up, where have you felt new freedom? Where have you felt desperation? What I’ve chosen to give up has to do with helping me come...
View ArticleLent #3: How close are you to a pound cake?
It’s appropriate that Lent occurs as winter drags on. Perhaps how you’re feeling about the cold, dreary outside matches how you’re feeling about Lent: When will this nightmare be over? If you have...
View ArticleLent #4: A Broken Hallelujah
Lent is a time to be honest about the ache that we feel. All is not right with the world, and all is not right with my life. And no amount of shopping or eating or drinking or sex or church can touch...
View ArticleLent #5: Now I have to say the really hard thing
A couple of years ago, Mary and I decided to take a long walk together, because there were some unspoken conversations hovering around us that just needed to land. I think we walked for six miles. We...
View ArticleLent #6: Less of me, more of God? Is that how it works?
The phrase “less of me, more of God” is one of the thornier statements I’ve heard in my life as a Christian. I’ve never really known what to do with it. It turns my life into a kind of recipe with...
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Why I’ll Have Ashes on My Head Today
I’ll never forget my first Ash Wednesday. I was a seventh grade student at St. John’s International School in Waterloo, Belgium. We had all gathered in the commons, a priest said a few words, and the...
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Lent #2: What Do You Trust?
The forty day Lenten journey is designed to help people see where they are trying to be nourished from places which cannot nourish, and then to help them decide to stop going to those places, and...
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Stuck in Saturday
by Katie Rutledge Katie is a friend of mine, a mom, a runner, a teacher, and a great writer. You can follow her on twitter here, and you can read her fantastic blog here. I have always been a...
View ArticleLent #2: The three temptations we all face
How’s Lent going so far for you? If you’ve chosen to give something up, where have you felt new freedom? Where have you felt desperation? What I’ve chosen to give up has to do with helping me come...
View ArticleLent #3: How close are you to a pound cake?
It’s appropriate that Lent occurs as winter drags on. Perhaps how you’re feeling about the cold, dreary outside matches how you’re feeling about Lent: When will this nightmare be over? If you have...
View ArticleLent #4: A Broken Hallelujah
Lent is a time to be honest about the ache that we feel. All is not right with the world, and all is not right with my life. And no amount of shopping or eating or drinking or sex or church can touch...
View ArticleLent #5: Now I have to say the really hard thing
A couple of years ago, Mary and I decided to take a long walk together, because there were some unspoken conversations hovering around us that just needed to land. I think we walked for six miles. We...
View ArticleLent #6: Less of me, more of God? Is that how it works?
The phrase “less of me, more of God” is one of the thornier statements I’ve heard in my life as a Christian. I’ve never really known what to do with it. It turns my life into a kind of recipe with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why I’ll Have Ashes on My Head Today
I’ll never forget my first Ash Wednesday. I was a seventh grade student at St. John’s International School in Waterloo, Belgium. We had all gathered in the commons, a priest said a few words, and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lent #2: What Do You Trust?
The forty day Lenten journey is designed to help people see where they are trying to be nourished from places which cannot nourish, and then to help them decide to stop going to those places, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stuck in Saturday
by Katie Rutledge Katie is a friend of mine, a mom, a runner, a teacher, and a great writer. You can follow her on twitter here, and you can read her fantastic blog here. I have always been a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Ash Wednesday Means to Me
I’ll never forget my first Ash Wednesday. I was a seventh grade student at St. John’s International School in Waterloo, Belgium. We had all gathered in the commons, a priest said a few words, and the...
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This Good Word, Episode 80: Lent (ShowNotes)
Lent is the season when most of us feel deprived, guilty, and hungry. But it was really meant to be a season where those of us who feel lost, lonely, and empty could return to God to be filled and...
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