#FAIL: Reflections on Week 2 of Lent

Well, I am sure the title gives away the dramatic conclusion of this post, but this week was a fail. Nevertheless let me take you to the top of this week. It began with a greater focus on family time and I was loving it. After my last post I spent the majority of the...

Lent Is Upon Us

And so it begins… HIDE YOUR KIDS! HIDE YOUR WIFE! The season of Lent is upon us! I remember growing up and thinking that Lent was this yearly exercise in torturing your children that my parents for some reason thought was good for me. I knew that it had a lot to do...

Fast and Furious

God called me to come closer to Him and lay down my emotionally driven attitude and pick up His spirit of life-giving, loving attitude…when my world shakes ever so slightly and I am in a place of comfortability with those around me, there is a darkness that overwhelms me. My thoughts of love and kindness turn to selfishness and anger.
If you can relate, read on…

This is How I Lent

This Lenten season, I am trying to do a few things differently to become more like Jesus, which should be our goal always. As I write this, it is the morning of Ash Wednesday and I am making the following 40 day pledges…
What are you doing for Lent?

Something is Stirring: Still, Submitted, and Single-Minded

So as was apparent in my last couple of posts, God has me on a different leg of my journey this season. I am in a period now of reflection and unfortunately exhaustion. I find myself sweating emotionally and breathing heavy mentally. My candle melting away the wax of...