No Lenten devotional would be complete without visiting the pioneering, foundational Twelve Steps of the personal recovery movement. The theological influence immediately evident derives from an Episcopal priest, Father Sam Shoemaker, as we saw yesterday. I present these transformational elements of any recovery program not because I believe we are
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Lots of “Re’s” in our world right now….rebuild, reframe, refocus, to name a few. It is undoubtedly a season of recovery. I’m finding it helpful to look towards experts in personal recovery for wisdom in how to be in moments like this. Those experts are the anonymous heroines and heroes
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With full credit to the mad geniuses over at lentmadness.org and yes, to homage C.S. Lewis’ Narnian Mr. Tumnus, hasn’t it felt like that at times this past year?! Always Lent, but never quite Easter! And even as I write this, I am fully cognizant of so many Easter moments
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Thank you for joining me on this 40 day journey of daily Lenten reflections. When we began, Mother Emily encouraged me to commit to a daily discipline of writing, which has been far more intensive and far more gratifying than I ever imagined. Thank you so much for your kind
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We’ll let the Bard ponder whether to be or not to be, just one big ontological headache if you ask me. That’s not our question as we transition from the Lenten season, speaking of ontology for goodness’ sakes (Okay Lenten Reflection Self Editor here…we apologize for late night, rectoral, “he
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Spiritual habits come in all shapes and sizes….not all concern deprivation or some acrobatically ascetic practice. For many right now, as well as for me, a good night’s sleep is as elusive and as salutary as any habit one could adopt. And may I postulate soul comfort also? Music has
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As we progress towards Holy Week, I am skipping the very tempting April Fool’s urge here due to our current moment to focus upon getting ready for next week. Our final Lenten habit, one so familiar to Roman and Anglican Catholics and so odd to more Protestant and evangelical folk,
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Well, it finally hit the other night. This entire moment, the generational ramifications, the pain of losing work and pay for millions, my options for any retirement, the hard-earned fiscal reserves of our church over 20 years, the suffering of those both diagnosed with and those battling against the virus.
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So during this pre-Holy Week week we will be preparing ourselves for Holy Week itself, the Triduum and the Easter cycle of celebration itself. And yes, we will be learning some new Easter vocabulary words as we move towards Easter and a surprise announcement regarding this Lenten reflection daily blog.
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My mother was a multi-talented woman, and one of her many talents was serving as a prayer “warrior,” spiritual counselor and guide for others in the Christian life through trauma and pain. She taught me a prayer technique for challenging times which came to mind this past week, and I
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