Monday in the First Week of Lent
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, * O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
[I’m traveling today and tomorrow so our daily posting will be a written, rather than video, presentation.]
When I was a young teacher, and especially when I was single, some of my colleagues and I would arrange getaways deliberately designed to blow the chalk dust out of our lungs. We wanted to be away from the …