Lenten Laments
I'm sure not many Christians read Leviticus to kick off their Lenten season but that's unfortunately where my Bible plan has plopped me, without much end in sight as I'm plowing straight through Numbers and Deuteronomy next; I haven't counted ahead (perhaps out of denial) but I'm sure I'll read something about not boiling a goat in its mother's milk on Easter Sunday and I'm just letting ya'll know right now I will not have the mental fortitude to write a resurrection spin on it. Maybe that's what I'll tell people I'm giving up for Lent--a carefully-crafted reading plan. I should do something to start gathering my scattered heart in preparation for Easter Sunday, but it doesn't help that this is easily my least favorite time of year. Winter hangs on aggressively (especially here up North) and spring only is able to squeeze out little hints of life as it wages war with the cold and also my sanity. How is one supposed to get in the...