The Season of Lent In the effort to prepare your heart for the celebration of Resurrection Day, we will be taking a look at Jesus’ final months of ministry. Beginning Winter A.D. 29, we will cover some events, people, and places. The Lenten Season is all about self-denial as we walk Jesus’ final miles toward… [Read More]
Lent
Quietude: March 9-10. 2019
The Season of Lent In the effort to prepare your heart for the celebration of Resurrection Day, we will be taking a look at Jesus’ final months of ministry. Beginning Winter A.D. 29, we will cover some events, people, and places. The Lenten Season is all about self-denial as we walk Jesus’ final miles toward… [Read More]
Lent: So It Begins
The Lenten Journey Peggy and I were ten and six years old – our very best friends lived two houses down and they were devout Catholics. We were Brethren and Lent wasn’t even addressed by our church. Easter was, but not Lent. I remember the day they came home from Mass, all nine of them,… [Read More]
Quietude – March 2-3, 2019
The Season of Lent In the effort to prepare your heart for the celebration of Resurrection Day, we will be taking a look at Jesus’ final months of ministry. Beginning Winter A.D. 29, we will cover some events, people, and places. The Lenten Season is all about self-denial as we walk Jesus’ final miles toward… [Read More]
The Distraction of Dings, Pings, and Rings
The last time Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s crossed paths on the very same day was back in 1945! Even I wasn’t born yet! Today, one might find red hearts and ashen crosses! The Lenten practice is an exercise of discipline. In 2017 I wrote a book called the 40 Days of Lent. It is a… [Read More]
And So It Begins…
Today is March the first, Ash Wednesday. The first day of Lent 2017. On April 16th we will celebrate Resurrection Day and the glorious celebration, declaring… He IS Risen! He is risen INDEED! I want to share a few Lent facts with you today: Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of… [Read More]
A Prelude to Lent
Why Lent? To that question, I answer with another question (I know you aren’t supposed to do that!)… Why not Lent? People who know “things” say if you do something or not do something for 40 days, it becomes habit. I am uncertain what I am going to deny myself of this Lenten Season –… [Read More]
Drum Rolls and Confetti! A Book is Born!
I gave birth to my ninth baby this week….I mean book. Bringing life to a book is a lot like childbirth! This baby, I mean book, has been planned-for about three years – let me explain. About three years ago the Lord planted this big seed in me and called it 40 days of Lent, I… [Read More]