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I don’t know about you, but sometimes it feels like the past year has been one long Lent. The coronavirus pandemic began shutting down society just a couple weeks after Ash Wednesday last year. Since then, we have experienced prolonged times of imposed fasting and abstinence. It has felt like a long spiritual desert where our religious practices and community gatherings have been disrupted. Like Jesus in the wilderness, as a church and a nation we have experienced a season of temptations which we haven’t always resisted. Our faith in institutions, religious and secular, have been put to the test. (continue reading by clicking on post title)

Like many of us, the start of COVID-19 was a shock to my normal routine. I welcomed the “two-week” lockdown as a nice retreat from my normal busy life, but as it continued for months, I started to welcome more vices into my life. The lockdown meant more screen time, more food, and no friends. My laziness took over! We had an excuse to be lazy, and I definitely took advantage. (continue reading by clicking on post title)

You’ve heard it over and over. “Patience is a virtue.” Finding peace and calm in our days can be very challenging with all of the different demands and pressures on us. When something is out of our control, when we cannot have something instantly, when we are struggling with the same problem or issue, or when we are dealing with someone else’s faults, our patience can wear quite thin.