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 […]

Life (Easter #1)

There are 50 days in the Easter season. Who’s up for an Easter word-a-day challenge? Seriously, though it has been fun and a great discipline through Lent, I’m ready for a change-up. But for today, the word is Life. Fitting for Easter dontcha think? Life. What strikes me this Easter is the difference between life […]

Roots (Lent #46)

Before Bear Grylls. Before Les Stroud (a.k.a. Survivorman). Another man went into the wilderness and survived. For 40 days he wandered. He fasted. He prayed. He was tempted. He survived. As we’ve been drawing attention to through Lent, this season is a remembrance of Jesus’ wilderness journey. Today in the in-between time following his death and before […]