That'll bring 'em in in droves. Anyway, I just thought I'd put up a few random and perhaps disconnected thoughts today.
Lent began well last night - vbcc's Ash Wednesday "mass" was good. We all had ashes on our heads and Christ in our bellies. :^) We talked a bit - well, I talked/taught, briefly about Lent, the whole purpose, focus, the idea of adding things instead of giving things up, what sacrifice was about, not being neurotically guilty, etc. Then we hung out, talked and laughed. Good time.
I'm still working on the next installment of the Tradition posts. Part two is a little more difficult. I've got some written but it seems the most important part is harder to get at than I thought. It won't be long.
I worry about things too much. Maybe worry isn't the right word. I wear things out in my mind way too much. Not sure how I can help that, but I do it. I guess being aware of it is a good start. Many times we are ways we aren't aware of - that's not good - mostly if these "ways" are bad ones. That was another thing I was saying about Lent - a time of intentionally being aware of how I'm fitting into this Life of God we've been given. Honestly looking at yourself and seeing you for who you really are and lifting that whole person up to God in Christ - in His sacrifice - in anticipation of His Resurrection and the power that flows from it.
"Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." John Wesley
"Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross
is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." Fulton J. Sheen
"...I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be
completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Henri Nouwen
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