Lent – Season of Change What animal walks on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening, yet has only one voice? In childhood I crawled. Others made major decisions concerning my life and future. I had little choice over where or with whom I lived, where or […]
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Lent – Season of Change Some people barely finish one venture before jumping into another. They go from one job to another without a break, from one relationship to another, without stepping back to reflect, appreciate, and assimilate what they’ve learned, to grieve what they’ve lost. They never learn from the past, but constantly forge […]
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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 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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Little sparrow, you’ve come to play on my window sill. Despite the cold, dead look of winter, life goes on. Perky sparrow, your chirps and darting flight remind me of this. Life hides under the snow, deep in the frozen earth. Life goes on, even when my loved ones have died and left me. Life […]
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As a gangly teenager, I struggled with too long arms and legs and blushed at my ever-changing body. As a young woman, I shared my body with my beloved and my yet to be born child. My body in mid-life and old age reveals the loss of hormones, the tug of gravity. Each new struggle […]
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