lent is upon us...

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday... Morgen ist Aschermittwoch.

First, I gotta' say, I had the best of intentions to collect thoughts/prayers/questions that would follow the journey through the Church calendar this year, beginning of course with Advent, but that didn't happen for one reason or another.

So now Lent is upon us, and really, this is still a fitting time to begin sharing the journey. A new season. Lent means "spring". And there are a few small signs -- little reminders of spring's inevitable return -- popping up around this new place that I'm calling "home" for the next six months. Little yellow buds are curiously poking their heads through the patch of soil that I pass each day on my walk to and from work -- and when I walk by, I just smile to myself. Literally. I can't help but smile when I see the new growth each day. It's like this little secret I share with the earth... something to treasure when the signs of winter are much more obvious than those of spring. Even when the snow comes, and it does grace us a few days each week, those little buds (pun intended) keep at it.

And Lent, too, is about growth.
A commitment to growth, even? Yes, I suppose so.

So let us journey together... and grow into spring.

Please share your thoughts on here too... let's make it a true dialogue for the next 40 days.