Lenten Blog

Category: Lenten Blog 2022

  • Where are you going my friend?

    Where are you going, my friend?Can I walk along side of you?What is your story?I think I know,But you tell me.It’s yours to tell.I think I’ve been where you’ve been.Was your childhood complicated?Mine was.Have you faced challenges in being and feeling heard?I have.Have you felt the need to retreat to what can feel like a…

  • A Forest Bathing Walk

    A Forest Bathing Walk

    I am hoping today that you find and opportunity to get out into nature and you may want to “Forest Bath.”

  • The Beginning

    A destination one afternoon—Cooper Hewitt Museum in NYCanticipation to experience treasures offeredstrangers upon entryMichelle with teenage daughters Bella and SophiaMarcie camera in hand on her ownboth possessed passion for art, photography, strong family tiescircumstances promoted conversationdelightful moments over cups of teano inclination of what might unfold every story of friendship uniquewho knows why it beginswillingness…

  • Candlelight Dinner

  • A Prayer for International Women’s Day

    Today is International Women’s Day. Started in 1975 by the United Nations and building upon some traditions dating back to 1909, this day is perfect to pray for all of the women of the world. Will you pray with me? A Prayer for All Women And girls Our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer in Heaven, Let…

  • Walking with Unknown Friends

    About two months into the pandemic, my husband and I found ourselves feeling cooped up and stir crazy.  We needed fresh air: we needed to get out of the house.  Still feeling anxious of the unknown risks of catching Covid, we decided it would probably be safe to venture out to the Columbia Trail, which…

  • Psalm 34

    Each Sunday we share music to guide you through this walk of Lent with friends.

  • She Called me Dear Heart

    So, you see, friends do the most extraordinary things. I will always be Jean’s Dear Heart, and she will always be mine.

  • Walking the Path

    Walking the Path

    As our theme this year is “Walking the Path of Lent with Friends,” our Friday blog posts focus on the “walking” part of the Lenten journey. For many, Lent means giving up something or going with less, ignoring the physical walk Jesus takes during Lent towards the cross.

  • Building Bridges

    The Lenten season is to me the most mystical of all the seasons and, thereby, the most beautiful in its power to evoke human feeling by bridging seeming opposites:  sorrow and joy, death and life.  How is it that life comes forth from death, which in the Christian interpretation, means resurrection from the tomb?  Easter,…