Joy for the Journey

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.  For the last two weeks, most of my spiritually inclined and spiritually curious fri...

Holy Cow!  It’s Lent again!  The time of year when people pick up on resolutions which they let slide in January, forego certain indulg...

Rejoice?  Well this is a word that one normally encounters during the holidays and the expectant season of Advent.  I've already noti...

Most people that know me really well, know that “The Color Purple” is one of my favorite movies.  One of my favorite lines from the m...

In Raleigh, today is Moral Monday.  Moral Monday is a day in which NAACP leaders, community activists and religious leaders protest and t...

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! -- The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia! On Good Friday, we remembered the agony, shame and sufferings of Christ...

One of Jesus' saying from the cross, or "Seven last words" was "It is finished!"  At this point, the crowd and the o...