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…
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Thursday In the Third Week of Lent
Almost halfway during Lent I pause to tell a story. Last night, I gained an insight into what it must feel like to be a devout Muslim in this country. A little background. Suzy and I belong to a group of diverse individuals, diverse in age, background, sexual orientation, and occupation. We get together once…
Wednesday In the Third Week of Lent
Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want. — Matthew 26:39 There has been a lot written and preached about the above prayer. An easy reading of the above would be that even Jesus had hoped for a different outcome for his future, but accepted…
Monday In the Third Week Of Lent
We have a good friend, that friend experiences tragedy, we pray to God to help the friend, and way too often, we then go out our business having turned it all over to God. I don’t mean to sound harsh, and there are times that we are helpless to do anything but pray, but if…
Third Sunday In Lent
Prayer is one of the disciplines of Lent that is the easiest to put of until tomorrow, until we have put it off for months and even years. When I am out talking about my book, When Men Betray, I usually ask the group, “Do any of you have a friend that you can go weeks, months,…