Still Dancing With God

I have a confession—I don’t mind knowing the end of a story before I’ve finished it. Sometimes, knowing how a book will turn out allows me to better enjoy the plot’s twists and turns and character development. But on the Second Sunday of Lent, that wasn’t true at all. The Genesis reading from Chapter 15 is a familiar text, full of beautiful words. God reassures Abram that not only will God give him the land but descendants as numerous as…

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Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.    (Luke 4:1-2) It’s Lent, and I really wish it wasn’t. Lent has always been a time for reflection, for taking stock of my life and my relationship with God. It’s the time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. But after several years of pandemic, too many ups and down of daily life,…

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