Extravagance: that’s not something we usually associate with Lent. Yet, extravagance is key to understanding the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. To be extravagant, to be lavish, to be imprudent, to be over the top and do something no one else would do — yes, these are all key… Read More »The Extravagance of Lent
When I was a child, I would bring home a small cardboard “piggy bank” from church each year at the beginning of Lent. The children at my church were told to place coins in the bank and fill it up and bring it back to church at Easter. This was… Read More »Lent: Giving for the Life of the World
While sipping my morning coffee, I skimmed news headlines. One item caught my attention on National Public Radio’s web site: Astronomers Present New Information on the Aging Universe. http://www.npr.org/2015/08/10/431343053/astronomers-present-new-research-on-the-aging-universe The universe is 14 billion years old. It began with what we commonly call the Big Bang. From the Big Bang,… Read More »Musings on a Cosmic Spirituality