Just in Time
A few years ago during Easter week a wise friend leaned across the pews after a noontime service and said, “Easter always comes just in time.” I didn’t ask him what he meant, but I knew that he knew that I had been through a rough time. And the sly smile on his face showed that he also knew that there were hints of better times in the air. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”
Dirty Feet and All
“A new command I give you: Love one another.” That is the maundy – the commandment – that Jesus gave his disciples in the upper room on that last night together. It seems so simple, so logical, so natural, and yet it is perhaps the hardest commandment to keep. For me, anyway. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”
Solitude
It was a gorgeous Sunday morning in the Garden of the Gods. In Colorado Springs on business, I decided to attend God’s “church.” The sky was brilliant blue, the red sandstone monoliths blazed in the sun, the junipers were green and fragrant, and Pike’s Peak glimmered cool purple in the distance. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”
