Lent
Empathy and Grace
New Life Beneath the Canopy of Normalcy
Possibly Insane Thoughts on Ash Wednesday
Written on the Occasion of a Sleepless Night (From the Archives)
March 2-8
Oscar Try-Hards, the Failures of Knowing Thyself, Lenten Traditions, and Virtue-Signaling
Death-Mark’d Love
Isn’t there another way? Why does it have to end like that?
March 13-17
The Church of Basketball, Rethinking Self-Sufficiency, Lenten Fasting, and Rewritten Emo Lyrics
A Season for Personal Inventories
Lent in Practice (With the Help of AA’s Big Book)
The Downward Ascent of Lent
On Fasting in Lent
Never Lenting Go
Rootedness and Restlessness in Nomadland
Dry Bones and Stained Glass
Lent is not a season of self-imposed dreariness, but a lesson for living in a turbulent world.
There’s Only So Much Mess One Can Absorb
My ShamWow brain has needed a Lenten-length Sabbath.
Offering Dangerous Promises in Rural England
Hope is a difficult and maybe a dangerous concept to offer or promise.
Clowning Around in Lent
Taking a break from pretending everything is great.








