Posted in Church Year on Mar 2nd, 2010
Hello friends,
As promised, here’s the link to the guest post I wrote for Strangely Dim, the blog for Likewise (that’s the imprint my book is published under). All month they’re celebrating the Women of Likewise in honor of Women’s History Month. I doubt I’ll be making history any time soon (or ever), but you can [...]
Posted in Church Year, Writing on Feb 16th, 2010
Today is Shrove Tuesday or, if you live in New Orleans, Mardi Gras. Tonight, my kids and I will go to church and eat pancakes, a traditional last hurrah of a meal before the austerity of the Lenten fast begins tomorrow.
This year, instead of fasting from some kind of food (though my kids once [...]
Posted in Church Year on Apr 11th, 2009
They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. And so, because [...]