Next week begins Holy Week, so I hope you saved something in your Lenten tank. Like good distance runners, you need something left for that final kick to glory. Children learn at a very small age about exclusion. Brothers exclude sisters and sisters exclude brothers. As children get older they learn about cliche’s and clubs,…
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Thursday In the Fourth Week of Lent
No matter how good an athlete, there always gets to be a point when it’s time to let the sport get along without you. Getting to know when/where that point is, can be difficult, and all too often the athlete hangs on a little too long. That happens a lot because the athlete can’t imagine…
Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Difficult economic times are stressful. One of the most stressful times is when one is unemployed, looking for work straight out of college, retired but needing supplemental income, or being laid off or furloughed. So much of society values us based on what we do for a living or our economic status, fortunately God…
Tuesday In the Fourth Week of Lent
I read recently the phrase — “Weeds among the wheat.” The phrase comes from the parable about an enemy sowing weeds amongst the wheat. One bible commentator explains its meaning to say that God allows good and evil to coexist until the close of human history. (Matthew 13.24-30). Jesus later explains it later on in…
Friday In the Third Week of Lent
Sometimes after three weeks of prayer, fasting, meditation, and self-examination, God’s plan for us becomes a little clearer, but damn, his plan isn’t what we want or think is best for us. In fact, his plan is a lot more arduous, challenging, and difficult than we imagined. Negotiation begins, and unlike Jesus who after asking…