Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. - Alan Watts

(If you’re wondering why these daily offerings are accompanied by photos of waves, it’s because of an old surfing adage: You learn something from every wave. We like to think we learn something from every day of Lent, too.)

In recent years a phenomenon known as “free swimming” has emerged. There are clubs dedicated to it, as well as a small number of on…