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  Thursday after Ash Wednesday Gospel – Luke 9:22-25 Bearing Crosses! The Corner   Recently my sister Mary came for an extended visit.   2 Weeks!   Wow! I can’t remember the last time we were able to spend 2 weeks together, probably not since high school.    The days were filled with memories, laughter, quiet reflection, some tears and a bit of touristy adventures. At one point, we were all making dinner together – cube steaks, veggies and mashed potatoes.   My responsibility was the mashed potatoes.   And I screwed up!   I started plating the mash before everything else was ready.   And I got yelled at!   Don’t do that yet; they’ll get cold!   So as ‘punishment’, I heard THOSE words – go stand/sit in the corner and think about what you did!   Boy, talk about old memories!!   That was my ‘cross’ for the day!   We all have our crosses to bear!   Some are health-related; some deal with family relatio...
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  Ash Wednesday Gospel – Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Overstuffing! Razzouk’s, Jerusalem      I heard this story from a friend of mine!     “You were probably overstuffing it. That’s what causes burnout,” the repairman explained, smiling gently as I nodded and signed the service receipt.   He was right. With seven people in this house, I’ve been known to shove dirty school uniforms and sweaty basketball jerseys and tiny pink pajamas and roughly 4,000 stray socks all into one load and press start. Then our dryer groans under the heavy load of EVERYTHING tumbling inside. Day in and day out.   I overstuff.   Until finally one day last week the heating element in our dryer burned out, and I’ve been hang-drying the wet clothes of seven people all around the house.   “You need smaller loads,” the repairman emphasized on his way out.   I thanked him for the reminder. I needed it in more ways than one!! Because haven’t I been here before? S...
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  Tuesday - 6 th Week in Ordinary Time     Gospel – Mark 8:14-21 Forget Me Not! Boat Chapel, Magdala “I decided to water my garden. As I turn on the hose, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.   As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.   I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table and see that there is only one check left.   My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the study to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking. I'm going to look for my ...
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