Let us rejoice and be glad
Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Deep down you know […]
liturgical calendar
faith, liturgical calendar, prayer
The fruitfulness of desolation
There are some Gospel passages, poetry, songs, pieces of art, for which I know I’m not ready. I’ve pondered them and know in my heart that someday they will mean something to
faith, liturgical calendar
The world is not held together by my worry
When I was in graduate school I took a class in Alexander Technique, which can be best (though incompletely) described as a body-awareness method meant to help us use our
liturgical calendar, Scripture
From “Hosanna” to “Crucify Him”
Year after year, every Palm Sunday, I ask the same questions: who would I have been, had I been with Jesus? And how long would it have taken for me
liturgical calendar, religion
Five reasons I observe Lent (and two non-reasons)
Last weekend’s NYT article about why many people who don’t affiliate with a religion have jumped on the Lenten bandwagon got me thinking: it’s been a while since I posted