Lenten Day Twenty:  Jesus of Nazareth

March 4, 2024 “Take up your cross and follow me.”  Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:24 On this twentieth day of Lent, halfway through the Lenten season, this invitation from Jesus to his followers feels appropriate.  I admit, though, that this quotation is not in my collection or stuck on anything anywhere in my house.  ItContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Twenty:  Jesus of Nazareth”

Miltose and the Light

Some fifteen or so years ago, I was fortunate to travel to the island of Lefkada, off the mainland of Greece, with a group of good friends.  Lefkada, then, was still a mostly rural part of Greece where the village women wore black shawls and carried firewood on the backs of donkeys and the menContinueContinue reading “Miltose and the Light”