Season of Change – Lent I remember those days. Kicking and screaming, my children are carried out of the store. They’ve “lost it”–literally and figuratively. In trying to have it all, they’ve lost everything. No candy. No toy. No more excursions to the store or the park. Not for a while anyway. If only they […]
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Season of Change – Lent Why do I fear change? Is what I have so good that I can’t live without it? Is everything so good that it can’t get better? Change can provide opportunity and growth. Change can be exciting, rewarding, and joy-filled. But change means giving up my sense of security, my comfortable […]
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Season of Change – Lent Their daughter jumps with excitement, proudly waving her driver’s license. “Mom, do you need anything from the store? I’ll get it for you.” “Dad, I’ll pick up Joey from softball practice.” New freedom for her–and for her parents. Daughter, father, mother, rejoice together. But other emotions mingle amid the pride. […]
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Season of Change – Lent He did it, took the plunge. Made a commitment . . . gulp. . . till death do us part . . . The time for cold feet is past. He followed his heart, consulted his mind, went through the ceremony. Yet some coldness still remains in his feet, even […]
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Season of Change – Lent Graduating from kindergarten, from high school, from college. Climbing the career ladder. Moving into marriage, parenthood, grandparenthood. Dying. The final graduation. The final change. Will I be ready? I have considered the task which God has appointed for men to be busied about. He has made everything appropriate to its […]
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Season of Change At last! The boxes are empty, their contents organized on closet shelves. After hours and days of labor, we are finally “moved in.” We love our new house in our new neighborhood, but we’ve yet to make it home. Where do we go for good pizza? Where will we find the best […]
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SEASON OF CHANGE – Ash Wednesday “Remember that thou art dust and to dust thou shall return.” The refrain is repeated as a cross of ashes is imprinted on the foreheads of those in the church. The church is crowded for 7a.m. as parents with school children, others preparing for work, stop to get their […]
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SEASON OF CHANGE – Lent Evidence of change surrounds us: the seasons progress; garden flowers bud, bloom and decay; animals are born, grow old, and die; babies scoot, crawl, toddle, and then run to explore the world. Transition is a natural part of everyday life; yet we fear it, resist it. Despite our experience with […]
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Ordinary Time Doors serve an essential purpose. They provide passageways between rooms, access into homes, a barrier between us and the elements that can be moved as needed to allow egress. I walk into one room and forget what I came after, a common phenomenon. Psychiatrists tell us that the moving from one room to […]
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Ordinary Time Families come in many shapes and sizes. There is no such thing as one size fits all, though American society in the past would lead us to believe this. Then the white nuclear family was seen as the norm by which each family was judged. Any divergence from this was considered a deviation. […]
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