Looking through the Easter window
WHEN I WAS a boy in England, one of the most popular children’s television programs was Play School. Each episode featured a short documentary that kids…
A reluctant legionnaire
THE FIRST RULE of volunteering, I have learned, is to read the small print on the sign-up sheet. Otherwise you end up with stuff to do…
Lighting up another low-level Lent
Despite my best intentions, all too often the high points of the church year pass in a low-level kind of way. I welcome the approach of…
Lenten anger
It’s Lent, and I am trying to embrace the season’s gift of grumpiness. I know that in this lead-up to Easter one is supposed to wander…
Guts and glory
One of my favorite parts of Easter Sunday at my church over the past few years has been the scratch Hallelujah Chorus. Anyone who wants to…
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