Tempted: Lent 2025

Here we are again. Another Lent. Another wilderness wandering. Another start to reflecting on the world via my very sporadic writings. It seems Lent has been the time I feel most compelled to write. Perhaps because of the introspective nature of the season. Maybe it’s just the experience of taking the United Methodist Photo-A-Day challenge […]

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A Rite of Passage

How a culture marks the transition from childhood and adolescence to adulthood is as varied as cultures themselves.  Ranging from potentially deadly physical exercises and intense mental challenges to grand celebrations and public pronouncements, rites of passage say something about the norms, beliefs and expectations of a culture. What does being a woman or a […]

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Faith (Lent #25)

I do not have faith in buildings. I do not have faith in programs. I do not have faith in landscaping. I do not have faith in signs or banners or business cards. I do not have faith in websites. I do not have faith in institutions. I do not have faith in myself. Instead, […]

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