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It’s hard to believe Ash Wednesday is next Wednesday, February 10. But you’ll be ready… well, as ready as one can be for the mystery of this holy season leading up to Easter.
I’ve been working to format the Lent reflections I wrote for Chalice Press in 2012-adding new content and designing a simple document that you can can either print or read on a screen using a clickable table of contents.
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In the meantime, and to tide you over, here are a few articles that have captivated me lately:
- German Forest Ranger Finds that Trees Have Social Networks, Too: All is connection.
- How A Wrinkle in Time Changed Sci-Fi Forever: On my favorite childhood book. I like to say my theology is 45% Jesus, 25% Star Wars, and 30% Madeleine L’Engle.
- To Be Happier, Start Thinking about Your Death: Oddly inspiring… and perfect as we get ready for the reflective season of Lent.
Email subscribers will hear from me again early next week. In the meantime, peace be with you.
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Image is “Lent 1” from mtgf93, found through Flickr and used under a creative commons license.
The works of Madeleine L’Engle, George MacDonald, and of course C. S. Lewis seemed to me to see the world as so full of wondrous possiblities that I would feel foolish to call anything impossible. They still embody to me the words of Hamlet: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” They are so strange, I must give them welcome as a stranger.
Excellent comment! I think about Annie Dillard’s advice to writers not to hoard ideas-use it all, spend it all; something better will come later.