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Lent 2020, Day 4: The Power of Love.
And I'll never be royal It don't run in my blood But I crave the power of love.
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Lent 2020, Day 3: Satchmo & Scripture.
Yes, I think to myself, what an overcrowded jail. Oh yeah.
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Lent 2020: Ash Wednesday
A few minutes before noon, Zoe and I walked across the one-way street where our Uber had let us out, and headed up the sloping ramp into the church. It was dark and cool and drafty in the sanctuary, the way it’s almost always dark and cool and drafty in 19th century brick, Episcopal churches,…
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Lent 2019: Uncommonly common.
Still posing for selfies even with two needles in my chest for plasmapheresis… while wearing a jaunty beret. (taken March 2019) Last Sunday, Z and I met up with my girl Nicole and her daughter for church. We visited an Anglican/ Episcopal parish close to my home. Although we are all officially members of…
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Lent 2019: Are you there God? It’s me, Alisha.
Some of the contents of the inside and from the outside of the recently departed fridge. I’ve had a few days lately that have made me wonder what is up with me and God’s communication. Life is life… and sometimes it just piles up like a stack of dishes being dirtied by my family…
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Lent 2019: Lacking merit in the meritocracy.
(Image Credit) In the midst of teaching Zoe about The Stamp Act and The Sugar Act, and a bunch of other lead-ups to the American Revolution this morning, news broke that a number of Hollywood stars and other elites were snagged by the FBI for attempting to pay out bribes to ensure their kids…
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Lent 2019: Dreading the unexpected, even when it’s expected.
(Image Source) Last month, my mom was admitted to the hospital for a list of reasons: kidney stones, a urinary tract infection, dehydration, anemia, and the flu. When my brother Joe called to tell me, my heart began to pound. He sounded concerned, but not overly-worried, as he explained how Mom’s nursing home…
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Lent- Day 39: Good Friday.
C.S. Lewis (Image Source) An excerpt from today’s reading of my Lenten devotional book, “Preparing for Easter” by C.S. Lewis, titled “What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ?”: Then we come to the strangest story of all, the story of the Resurrection. It is very necessary to get the story clear. I…
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Lent- Day 38: Tonight we eat and drink, for tomorrow He dies.
The Last Supper. Today is Maundy Thursday, A.K.A., the day before Black Friday. From Wikipedia: Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, among other names) is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundy and…
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