Turning Lent into a season of Joy

Turning Lent into a season of Joy

How do you view Lent? Is it a long, torturous season, full of sacrifices? Nineteenth-century writer Frederick Charles Woodhouse perfectly summarizes the prevailing mood of most people in his Manual for Lent. “There is a shadowy gloom that broods over the whole season,...
Justice and mercy can be found in the Father’s Heart

Justice and mercy can be found in the Father’s Heart

That word, justice, has several references – criminal, legal, fiscal, social justice and, increasingly, environmental justice are the most common usages. If we think about the administration of justice, we probably imagine courts and judges, lawyers and defendants;...