Yesterday the cross. Tomorrow the empty grave. Today, nothing but silence, nothing but stillness. Yet in the silence and in the stillness, something unseen and unheard is happening. That’s how it was then. That’s how it is now. Wait. Trust. Listen. Watch. Shhhhhhhh…. May God’s silence be a blessing so our wandering thoughts can rest. [...]

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It was an odd sight. As D and I were driving through town this afternoon we saw a tightly-packed herd (Flock? Gaggle? Swarm? Colony? Litter?) of teenagers walking ahead on the sidewalk. From the backside they looked like ordinary enough kids but just as I was trying to compose some witty remark to dazzle the [...]

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I spent more than 40 years within the Christian church and had no idea there was such a thing as a Calendar of the Church Year. We celebrated Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost but there was little mention of the seasons of Lent and Advent. Ordinary Time? All Saints Day? Epiphany? Huh? And red, purple, green [...]

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