It may be Lent but Easter is coming. Get your ‘fit now fellow dudes. At prices like this, you will look sharp for less.
I found this gem on the Facebook.

He has risen, now what? The celebration of Easter is perpetual. God’s people cannot just show up on Christmas and Easter because the faith of Christians is a challenge to be active, communal, and loving. It requires believers to love as we are loved by Jesus.
God is good and I am down with that sentiment. But are his people? Not always but that is what forgiveness and love are about. That is the power of resurrection. God loves his people and we have to be reminded that love overcomes a lot of stuff.
Remember the love of the returning Christ is also a call to resist the evils of fear, hate, and other things that do great harm to our friends and neighbors. Be yourselves but be the best you can with a little help from fellow misfits like Jesus.

Reminders that it’s Easter Time and I work for a blood bank. Somehow the common thread is saving life.


Today is Good Friday and the beginning of Passover. To all my friends who are celebrating both, I wish you the grace and peace of God, and may this be a time to remember our shared connections. No matter how you are celebrating be sure to think of those in need and who are suffering especially in places of war, famine and distress.
For the Jew, Passover is a sign of salvation, of “God with us” at a particular historical moment in the past. For the Christian, Easter is a sign of “God with us” in the past, but with us now also and at a time to come, as well.
Author: Joan D. Chittister

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent. I received ashes tonight at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Lent is a time of reflection and examination. Easter is coming and now is the time to make that journey.