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“Why can’t you just relax?” “You’re just too uptight!” Ever been told that – thought that? Have you ever listened to one of “those” relaxation tapes (ok, I know I‘m showing my age, but you get it don’t you? – … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Easter
I saw the season was coming to a close the other day when I went to Walmart. I guess that shouldn’t surprise me much. After all, isn’t Walmart a good indicator of the cultural climate? But, aside from that, I … Continue reading
For the past several years during Lent I have shared in one place or another the following thoughts about our fasts and our feasts. I offer this once again and invite you to consider where you might embrace such fasting … Continue reading
Well, maybe it wasn’t so much Thomas Merton as it was the folk who edited together the talks on the audiobook. One of the audiobooks available at Hoopla I mentioned last week was Thomas Merton on Contemplation. I decided to … Continue reading
We are in Holy Week, the end of another Lenten season, another time of “prayer, almsgiving and fasting,” and/or what other Lenten practices we have seen fit to take up. So, we are “in the home stretch,” heading to Good … Continue reading
Easter Sunday has passed … but has the Easter season passed? In this season between Easter and Ascension Day and Pentecost it is a good time to think about how we can live as “Easter people.” What can we learn … Continue reading
We have moved though Lent, past Palm Sunday and find ourselves today on Maundy Thursday. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are just around the corner. This week I have been wondering how we communicate why we call this time “Holy … Continue reading
Well … we made it through Lent … and then Easter Sunday and now it’s over and we can rest. Anyone feeling that way this week? A lot of us were very busy during these past weeks and for many … Continue reading
Sunday morning I was looking over the Advent and Christmas songs in a hymnal (Celebrating Grace) and came across these lines in a litany – The time has come! God’s church relives the drama of the story we inhabit. … Continue reading
Easter Sunday has come and gone but Easter is not over ….. Right It’s not over if we pay any attention to the church calendar which calls the 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost “Eastertide,” or the “Season of Easter,” or … Continue reading