Needle-Hooks for 2/28
The self-denial involved in the period of Lent isn’t about just giving up chocolates or beer; it’s about trying to give up a certain set of pictures of God which are burned into our own selfish wants.
The above quotation courtesy of Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury
As Epiphany ends and, with the beautifully composed proper liturgy for Ash Wednesday, the season of Lent beginning, we will be offering daily reflections on what my late mentor used to call, “The Life Spiritual”.
[English wasn’t his first language, in fact, it was his third …