

Lent 2025 Day 12: Finding Peace in Solitude & the Memories That Shape Us
Ecclesiastes 3:1 – “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” During the pandemic, I spent more...


Lent 2025 Day 11: Keep Going, One Shot at a Time
Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️ Enjoy your green beer and corned beef and cabbage! It's a fairly warm day, so I'll probably head out and play...


Second Sunday of Lent: Letting Go, Trusting the Spirit, and Walking in Liberation
"But now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said...


Lent 2025 Day 10: Don't Be Weary. Swim to Shore.
“Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9 Connie...


Lent 2025 Day 9: Love and Human Connection | A Reflection on Love and Cruelty
"Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that...


Lent 2025 Day 8: Learning To Love
"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." – 1 Peter 4:8 My peak dirtbag years, 2000s, with my...


Lent 2025 Day 7: You Shouldn't Put Your Personal Life on Social Media. F@ck That S#it!
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." – John 1:5 I have depression. I've lived with it and managed it...


Lent 2025 Day 6: Life Isn't About Flawless Filters
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." – Psalm 34:18 My 25th High School Reunion. 2012,...


Lent 2025 Day 5: Keep the Faith and Embrace Change
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making...


Reclaiming Scripture: The First Sunday of Lent and the Fight for Justice
For centuries, biblical scripture has been used as both a tool of liberation and a weapon of oppression . The same texts that speak of...