The season of Lent is, to my mind, the most unusual season of all. Advent, Christmas, & Epiphany are filled with expectation, warmth, and wonder. Easter is full of joy. The Day of Pentecost is filled with excitement. Ordinary time (the time between Pentecost Sunday and Advent) describes much of my life—ordinary. But Lent is… Continue reading Why is it important to remember Lent?
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What’s in your spiritual emergency kit?
One evening last week as it was getting dark at my house, the electricity went out. We checked our breaker box and determined it was a neighborhood outage. APS was notified. It was about 103° outside at that time. I checked on our neighbors, who are blind; the lights going out didn’t bother them like… Continue reading What’s in your spiritual emergency kit?
Not Again…What Do We Do Now?
by Kay Klinkenborg Disappointed, angry, frustrated, discouraged, maybe even despair. Here we are again with COVID cases rising. We set our hopes and dreams on a different outcome and projected what our future for 2021 would hold. But maybe, just maybe that is what creates our pain, of not accepting ‘reality’ as it is. We… Continue reading Not Again…What Do We Do Now?