In her book Breathing New Life into Lent, Rev. Donna Schaper writes, “The spiritual goal for Lent is to admit our need for Lent. Just to admit our need. For Lent, the desert time, and for the promise contained in desert time.”

It is a sad fact that my mood on a gray day can be improved by noting that someone new is following me on Pinterest. How lame is that? When I get the little notifications on my iPhone saying that, “Grace so-and-so is now following you,” I check to see: Is it my foodie stuff she is interested in, the gardens I…

“…it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” ~Matthew 15:11 Over the past several years, I have come to despise the term “Politically Correct” and all of its various conjugations. I’ve heard the term more in the last year – coincident with the already-contentious presidential election and…