Reflections for Lent – Day 11 My husband told me about the act of terrorism in Christchurch on the way to dinner. It’s the first major tragedy of this Lenten season. And it was an interesting experience to not be on Facebook. Actually, it was great. I’m sure there were a million shares of newsContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Outside the Bubble”
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Sidewalk Flowers
Reflections for Lent 2019 – Day 1 It’s one of those wordless children’s books where the pictures tell stories and convey more meaning than a million pages of text. Jon Arno Lawson and Sydney Smith’s Sidewalk Flowers is a story in which a child and her father are walking through a city together running errandsContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers”
“Failing” at Lent: Day 3
Today was my first “fast” day. It had been a long time since I had fasted last—mostly, I stopped when I started having food issues (I developed an intolerance to egg a long while back) and then gave up meat pretty well full time. I figured that my life was really pretty centered around dietContinueContinue reading ““Failing” at Lent: Day 3″
Jabbok Dawn 