I love the fact that Jesus taught using paradoxes. He came to turn the world upside down and that he did. Paradoxes don’t compute and yet reaffirm something in God’s universe that goes way beyond human logic. When we face our worst fears, we are given courage. When we serve others, we end up serving…

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I read recently phrase that has stuck with me. It is part of a prayer and it goes, “Speak peace to the chaos, Lord, where the madness continues to swirl.” The Lenten season is how each of us in our own individual way try to bring peace to our own unique chaos. Whether our chaos…

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It easier to speak of love, than to practice it. — Anonymous   Today I am about travel on dangerous ground. God is teasing us in Charlotte with a springlike day and when spring arrives a young man (of which I’m not) turns to fancy and love. I started dating Suzy in the spring of 1971, and I’ve been…

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Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is just out of grasp… But if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. — Nathaniel Hawthorne   If there is ever one quote that can describe the benefits of meditation Hawthorne’s is it. Lent is a time for Prayer, Meditation, Fasting, and Service. The butterfly on your…

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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. — Spanish proverb   Listening to or spreading gossip is a good thing to give up for Lent and for all time for that matter. I know our trust is well placed when we trust in God, but we also need friends who we can trust to keep our…

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