Saturday in the First Week of Lent

Worshipping the teapot, instead of drinking the tea. –Wei Wu Wei

I am very guilty of this. I suspect there is a little of this in all of us. Jesus railed at the high priests who enjoyed their trappings of their office and prayed loudly in public, but failed to tend to those who needed kindness and spiritual guidance. Things haven’t changed much in 2000 years. The spiritual tea that provides sustenance is found in serving others.

But where else do we worship the teapot instead of drinking the tea. As I have become older, I find myself becoming more set in my ways. I am not as willing to explore, try something new, or take risks. In a sense, I find myself worshipping life as it exists; instead, of drinking in life and being nurtured by it. Perhaps, the best Lenten discipline I can give myself is to break out of my daily routine and once again seek out the nourishment of new and different things.

Do you have a teapot that is full of tea?

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.