In Whatever Season
It’s interesting the way we’ve boxed Advent and Christmas into wintertime and Lent and Easter into spring. It seems we want our Jesus to be born on a dark cold night and to rise on a bright warm day; to come into this world under the harshest of human conditions, and to return in an explosion of heavenly glory. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”
Change of plans
I was called to the dentist office for a consultation. You see, my dentist and my periodontist – yes, I have two people living in my mouth – are concerned because a long-time gap in my bite has led to wobbly teeth. The two doctors have talked among themselves and I went to the appointment thinking I was going to be given a plan to shore up my mouth and I would learn how long it would take and how much it would cost and we’d schedule it out. But that didn’t happen. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”
Beware of Formulas
In the past year I’ve submitted some of my short fiction and essays to journals that have periodic competitions and claim to have the eyes and ears of agents and publishers. I’ve not won any prizes, not gained any contacts, but I’ve received a blizzard of emails offering seminars on how to whip my writing into shape. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”
