Each year in Lent we read an account of the Transfiguration of the Lord, a story found in all three of the synoptic Gospels. Each Gospel telling shares the common experience of the three disciples, Peter, James and John, as they perceive
God knows we bring what we can of love within the scope of our lives, our roles, our circumstances.
And that’s a wonderful thing to remember as we ponder this collision of a commercial holiday, Valentine's Day, with coming of Lent, for the
We are given freedoms, which are precious, but we must approach them as responsibly -- and with as much respect for others -- as we can. Freedom used irresponsibly, as I learned young, has the potential to deliver a profoundly painful reckoning.