Lenten Lights MM ~ Silent Saturday Early this morning in my car headlines on the radio jumped out to me for theย long and deep silences in eachย stories. . . prolongedย waiting forย grieved families, theย crushingย depths of the ocean, the ignorance of damage…
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Lenten Lights LL ~ Goodย Fridayย Theย morning started with a chase after neighborhood crosses. Here’sย some of what I found. Theย morning was grey and clouds hungย on the verge of tears. …
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Lenten Lights KK ~ Maundy Thursday My congregationย actually has a “Maundy Wednesday” service – for each of the last ten years. Maybe more. We gather for our usual midweek meal, which is not all that usual, since we take turns…
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Lenten Lights JJ ~ Holding out Hope Just a few weeks ago, on the third day of Lent (March 7) I wroteย about standing inย “hope and expectation that new leaves will appear soon” on this very tree. Now in Holy Week…
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Lenten Lights HH ~ Labyrinthย Tonight I feel the blessings of a community that sets up a Holy Week labyrinth, and says, come and walk. The candles were lit. My daughter first tagged along at my heals then pushed past…
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Lenten Lights GG ~ Remembrance Searching my cache of photos for palms and Palm Sunday, I came across this picture of the Holocaust Memorial of Miami, taken while on Spring Break trip last year. There are indeed palms, but they…
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