Lenten Prayer 3 How can I turn back, O God? How can I ask forgiveness from the people I’ve hurt? How can I expect people to forgive me? Sometimes I feel like an idiot–a stray word or unreflected actions damages relationships. Some days I feel like I can’t try any harder; Some days I feel [...]
This Lent I’m leading a study on the book Unbinding Your Soul by Martha Grace Reese. It involves a weekly group meeting, but the bulk of it is a daily prayer journal with all kinds of different spiritual exercises. So, in an effort to help my own personal walk through of this book, I will [...]
The Ashes on My Hand: A Prayer to Begin Lent God–I’m so tired of Lent. I’m tired of the individualistic religiosity I see in others and especially in me I am so frustrated by the Christianity I see on TV Saddened when I listen to political debates It is so much easier to point to [...]