Temper (Lent #31)

“The point of Christian experience is not to generate feelings of love but for us to become loving persons.” – Henry H. Knight, III Ah, Dr. Knight. You will be hard pressed to find a kinder, gentler man. You will also be hard pressed to find someone more knowledgeable and passionate about the teachings of John Wesley. The quote above is […]

Go (Lent #30)

Go. Just leave. Get away from here. Such a little word. How can it carry so much pain? I don’t want you. I don’t like you. Go. Have you been told to go? I suspect most of us have. Perhaps you’ve even asked another to leave. Either way, when we get to that point, we […]

Water (Lent #29)

It’s funny how a word like “water” can trigger so many images, thoughts and memories. One of the first to surface for me was The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted […]