A struggle worth undertaking
Good for her for identifying herself as someone who seeks to embrace a Christian discipline.
Lent is a de-cluttering exercise that gives us space to attend to something really important.
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Hide AdIt reminds me of a former colleague who used to play football with his little grandson just outside my study.
I don’t think my colleague liked football very much but his grandson loved it. And if grandad’s attention seemed to wander off to other things, I’d hear his grandson insisting, “Look grandad. Grandad! Look! Grandad, watch this.” And he’d shoot the ball at the goal.