“Awe” Calendar

I have been trying to just observe and absorb with my eyes for these first seven days of Lent. Here are the Awe-inspiring images I saw this week. Most of them are from nature, but the ceiling of the DC Metro at Gallery Place Station is a geometric treat.The altar with...

Word-Weary

Once again I find myself in a word-weary frame of mind. Being word-weary was the reason I started praying in color in the first place. Now after spending over a year writing The Season of the Nativity and promoting it for four months, I am again sick of words–...

Lenten Calendar Templates for 2015

I love using a calendar template for Lent because it gives me a one-day-at-a-time, concrete, manageable way to have a daily practice for the 40 (or 46) days before Easter. If you like more space than a piece of 8 1/2″ x11″ paper affords, go to a copy store...

Christmas Gone, Epiphany Over–February 2

It’s official; by almost all Christian calendars and denominations, Christmas and Epiphany are over. For many people, both celebrations have been over for weeks. For a few stragglers and holders-on like me, today marks the end. This is the day I put away the...