Collecting My Thoughts

I think it's been about 10 years since I "gave up" anything for Lent, but this year I did think I could be sugar free. About 2...

My Lenten goals are getting a slow start. This week it was tackle the cupboards and bookshelves of the kitchen. I'm on the first shelf ...

This morning at 6:30 I’ll go to our Lytham Road campus of UALC for the imposition of ashes.  Merriam-Webster explains: Lent “ Lent ...

Thinking of a Lenten fast?  This author says some suggestions are just daft! You cannot fast from pornography! It’s always bad!! We sho...

"The fast of Lent has no advantage to us unless it brings about our spiritual renewal. It is necessary while fasting to change our whol...

Lent begins next week with Ash Wednesday, and for many Christians it is a time of fasting. Here's a lovely thought from Methodist pastor...

I usually don’t copy an entire story/meditation, providing a link instead.  But for this one, it was so appropriate to power grabs of today,...

Carnival comes from Latin and means "to stop eating meat." In the 1500s, "carnival" time was the last three days before ...

I gave up Facebook, and can't say it was a huge sacrifice. I looked at a few messages, and left a comment on my son's page, but I di...

If you live or work in the NW Columbus suburban area and wish to attend a service with communion and imposition of ashes , you're invite...