Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Perhaps the most common conversation in Lent is about discipline. About what we choose to give up or take on. How we are marking the time and what personal rules we are setting for ourselves. And because this is the most common conversation, I try to make other …
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Discipline
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I have long championed the use of words we might not fully appreciate. Words that have either lost their true meaning or those that have been narrowed by the way some would use them. Discipline is one of those words. It brings to mind self-control and …
Ashes
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! On Ash Wednesday, we remind one another of our mortality. As customs go, this is an odd one. And to do so with ashes on our foreheads is more so. Because that oddity is the point. We don’t like talking about death. So we push ourselves to do it this day. And we …