It’s Lent - a season where our thoughts and attention turn to repentance, confession, sin, and the cross as we journey to Good Friday and then on to Easter. A few weeks ago, our small group spoke briefly of sin and children, which sparked some reflection in me and I hope these stories might provoke some thoughts in you as well. Are we born sinners? Ahhh…some ask, how can an innocent baby be born a sinner? Here are a few stories from my past, that will let you know I have been a sinner all my life, even before I knew cognitively what sin was! I may not have known it at the time, but oh my goodness….

Time and time again I failed horribly at giving up chocolate for Lent. It was worse than any New Year’s resolution I might have made. So, long ago, I decided to take up, not give up, things for Lent. What to take up?

I am excited to hear stories about the revival at Asbury College in KY. Our daughter-in-law went to be part of it a few days ago. In the mid-90s, I traveled to revivals in Brownsville, FL, and another in Toronto. People, like me I suppose, want to be where God is moving mightily, where lives are being touched, changed, and healed. Maybe we want to see him up close? Want to be with God.