Make me know your ways, O Lord: Teach me your paths, lead me in your truth and teach me… Psalm 25:4-5. As adults, we sometime believe we are beyond needing a teacher, but here is David asking God to teach him not once, but twice. The above verses are a good introduction to Lent. Instead of…

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That’s right Shrove Tuesday is tomorrow so you better get the pancake batter ready and if you are giving up some food group like chocolate or oatmeal cookies, it is better to have your last bite, forty days is a long time even if you celebrate Feast days. This year I’m down to the wire…

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I had my annual eye exam yesterday. Of course, with the nurse, the doctor, and the receptionist what did we talk about — COVID. But the subject has turned somewhat. Everyone asked, “What are you going to do when your vaccine is totally effective, are you going to get away?” The thought of escape from…

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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.” — Kafka. “Books and stories are medicine, plaster casts for broken lives and hearts, slings for weakened spirits.” — Anne Lamott. Football season is over, and until the Razorbacks return to the glory of the Nolan Richardson days it is time to concentrate…

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Suzy and I got our first vaccine shot last Wednesday. People ask, “How do you feel?” and I don’t think they are asking about side effects or soreness in the arm. I tell them that I feel like there is a glimmer of hope in the future. That maybe, just maybe, this awful tragedy will…

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