Lenten Journey – Day 3

I can’t believe how good I feel since my colleagues prayed for me yesterday. I literally feel like a new person. I woke up this morning feeling just as good as when I went to bed last night – rested, clear and ready to take on the day.
Today I read this from the The Dangerous [...]

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Lenten Journey – Day 2

Ash Wednesday

The rest of yesterday and early today I felt horrible. Tired, depressed, headache.
But the point of this journey is to rid myself of the things that I normally run to when I feel this way and cling to God instead. It is so easy when I’m having a bad day or feeling lousy [...]

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My Lenten Journey begins – Day 1

My Lenten journey began a day early – today – the day known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. It is the last day before Lent – the day when it is okay, even encouraged, to over-indulge before the fast of Lent. Mardi Gras is typical of the synthesis between culture and religion. It is [...]

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Letting Go

My life has just really felt out of sync since… well, pretty much since we moved to Thief River Falls 8 months ago. I don’t know what it is except for that every time there is a big change in my life it seems to catapult me either up or down. In this case it’s [...]

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