It’s late in Lent 2019, and two Easters and another Lenten season have passed since I’ve last written here. To catch you up, I’m no longer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now I call the Pacific Northwest home; a place that feeds my soul with its raw and untamed beauty. Over the eighteen
Revised Common Lectionary
Unbound and Free: Lent, In Other Words
Welcome to the fifth post in my series, Lent, In Other Words. I’m glad you’re here! This week’s reflection is inspired by John 11:1-44, and the word is unbound. Our church is doing interactive prayer stations during Lent. Each week the congregation is invited to pray using the elements thoughtfully displayed at the stations. The
You’re Only Human: Lent, In Other Words
Friends, Ash Wednesday is upon us. Please join me in exploring the wilderness during the next forty days of Lent. Each Monday, I’ll post a new reflection based on a word (or two) that embodies the lectionary reading for the previous Sunday. The series, entitled “Lent, In Other Words,” is a Lenten devotional, prayer, or
The Worth of Waiting
About this time every year, I survey the woods behind my house for signs of green. The brown trees and snowy ground are a stark reminder that it’s still winter in New England and that I must wait several months before spring will clothe the woods in color once again. This year I’m not only