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Lent

Lent Week 3 Seeking God

 Have you ever lost something of value that you would have given anything to find? One day my 3-year-old son and I were shopping in a department store. I was pawing through the sales racks looking for bargains, and I turned around to say something to him only to see empty space. In a panic, […]

Lent Week 2: Self-denial

 As a child, the season of Lent often began with a battle royal for me. You see, my parents always encouraged my sisters and me to give up something for Lent. More often than not, I usually gave up candy. Every week a good portion of my weekly allowance quickly found it’s way from my […]

Lent: Repentance and Examen

Lent is a time of self-examination and self-denial to prepare for Easter. It’s natural to want to minimize these difficult days leading up to Resurrection Sunday, but then we would miss the whole purpose of Lent. We need to pause and sit with all the things that happened during Jesus’ last 40 days on earth. […]

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