“Okay,” my friend said. “I gave you a week to think. I want to ask the question again. Should we celebrate Lent?” I shrugged. “I don’t think it’s a matter of should. I think it’s a matter of could. I think it’s less a matter of obligation and more an opportunity. If we have to […]

I was talking with a friend about how often we know more about how to live than we actual live out. I asked him how I could help him. I asked because I’ve been trying to understand how I can be more practical, more focused in my counsel. After we talked, I decided to try bite-sized […]

I asked Nancy for help. “For 300,” I said.  “Ask me a question.” Instead of a question, she sent me a coded message. “Proverbs 18:1. In the Holman.” It’s a kind of code we understand. We understand Bible speak. So I looked up the sentence she was pointing to, in the book of Proverbs, in […]

(Continuing our conversation from yesterday) “Yes,” I said. “Part of the value of Lent is the time it gives to cultivate habits of listening.” “Habits of listening?” I decided to find out whether he remembered something we had covered once before. “You know how I’ve talked about routine before.” “Yep,” he said.  “You said, ‘For […]