Finding Hope and Rest in the Season of Lent
Almost every Lent, I return to Walter Brueggemann’s essay, “Remember, you are dust.” I return because I need to know all over again that God remembers that I’m dust, and…
When God Sends You a 14-Word Love Note
“God who loves us creates us and wants to share life with us forever.” (Ignatius of Loyola, tr. David Fleming) I’ve been sitting with these words recently, and I’m a…
When You Need a Gentle Saviour
Lent begins this Wednesday, and, as crazy as it might sound, part of me can hardly wait. In spite of God's repeated invitations to enter it lightly, Lent often feels…