Failing at Lent: Day 1

As of today, February 13,2013, the season of Lent has begun yet again.  Lent is my favorite season of the year, and I have marked it’s passing in numerous different ways.  Some years I had strict disciplines that excluded large portions of my diet for the full forty days (which, I almost kept perfectly).  SomeContinueContinue reading “Failing at Lent: Day 1”

Dust

The texts for Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2012: Joel 2:1–2, 12–17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10; Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 In a very little bit, I will dip my thumb in a little oil and a little ash and trace the sign of the cross on the foreheads of those of you who’d like to come forward. AsContinueContinue reading “Dust”