Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We spend an estimated 70 to 80 percent of our hours awake in communication with others. Of that time, 45 percent is spent listening (vs. 30 percent speaking, 16 percent… Continue reading Lent 2013, Day 24: “If Only My People Would Hear Me”
Category: Spirituality
Lent 2013, Day 23: Taking Stock
So here we are, halfway through Lent. How did that happen? Ash Wednesday seems like just yesterday. Lent’s a tricky season. While we’re called to search within our selves to consider how we
Lent 2013, Day 22: Great Expectations
I had exited my Metro station and was rushing toward dinner with a dear friend when I first noticed him–a man in his thirties, wearing a camouflage outfit and muttering under
Lent 2013, Day 21: Good vs. Perfect
Every year, I eat an entire box of Samoas Girl Scout cookies, the kind with chocolate and caramel and toasted coconut, in one sitting. I don’t know why it’s Samoas as opposed to Thin Mints or Tagalongs that triumph every