I belong to a liturgical church, which divides the year into liturgical seasons. Our season of Lent began ten days ago. Lent was still fresh last weekend. Just a few days after Ash Wednesday, Lent still had our attention. The week since then has been filled with distractions. In just seven days we have sprung […]
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I belong to a liturgical church, which divides the year into liturgical seasons. A new season, Lent, began this week on Ash Wednesday. People tend to either ignore Lent altogether or have a somewhat shallow appreciation of what Lent is all about. Lent is not a second chance to work on our New Year’s resolutions.
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Letting go can be a challenge for me. On my good days I am persistent, focused, and tenacious. On other days I can be stubborn. Because it is such a challenge, I am learning powerful lessons about letting go. I tend to put off letting go until there is no other option. I want to
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We cling to what we think we know. One of the things that makes us willing to explore is how we trust what we believe we have already learned. Many of us spend our lives looking for solutions and right answers. When we accumulate a piece of the truth, we are certain we can depend
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For longer than I can remember, I have been taught that we succeed through working hard. Hard work is in the basic fabric of our culture. We live in the land of opportunity, where everyone can work hard and succeed. Thomas Edison said that genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. We believe
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This weekend I am going to spend some time in the powerful present moment. It is easy for me to forget how much I need and appreciate the present moment. There are so many pieces of the past competing for the focus of my heart and my mind. Memories and regrets, people with whom I
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The moment of maximum potential is when the skaters are lined up, just after the word “Set!” It is when the snowboarder or ski jumper first leaves the frozen surface to fly through the air. It is the moment just before the figure skater touches the ice again. It is the moment the puck leaves
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The neighbors are moving away. They were the neighbors because they lived next door. They said hello, exchanged pleasantries, wrangled packages that were delivered during the day. I know most of the people who live in the building by face, though not by name. I do not really know anything about them, though I can
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I look for people who write with honesty and depth, especially about spirituality and leadership. They become trusted friends as we share the journey. Jim Palmer is one of those people. Though we have never met in real life, I read what he writes. Jim is a spiritual director and teacher who lives in Nashville.
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This holiday is not about having a three-day weekend in January. This is not a holiday exclusively for African-Americans, or people who grew up in the 1960s. This holiday is not about dreamers, or about smoothing over differences between people. It is not a holiday about being nice to people no matter what they look
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