That Awful Day

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For much of my life, I never knew there was a name for the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. I knew of Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday), when historically people would use up “luxury” cooking items such as butter, eggs and fat prior to giving them up for Lent. And of […]

It’s On the Tip of My Tongue

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As one with introverted tendencies, I tend to “live in my head” quite a bit. I ponder stuff, think about the future, play out scenarios in my mind. That tends to be both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing insofar as it enables me to think things through, to “count the cost”. It’s […]

The Waiting Room

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For the past year and a half, I feel like I’ve been in a sort of waiting room. I’ve knocked on door after door after door, but none have been opened. I’ve had moments of frustration. Resentment. Anger. Utter hopelessness. It’s been agonizingly uncomfortable. And extraordinarily humbling. I really can’t say why for sure all […]

The Passion vs. the Action of Pity

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‘The Great Divorce’, by C. S. Lewis, is a fictional account of a trip to Heaven, and a fascinating study of why many people would choose not to stay there. Later in the story, Lewis is met in Heaven by one of his real-life literary and spiritual heroes, Scottish author and pastor George MacDonald. (Lewis […]