tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post3928910001377512418..comments2023-09-18T08:44:40.951-05:00Comments on faith in community: Vacation in the Middle of LentDiane M. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-24605047635801441312010-03-18T08:47:35.425-05:002010-03-18T08:47:35.425-05:00I always found that amusing, the designer wear and...I always found that amusing, the designer wear and posh spas in the middle of a desert. Not an oasis but yet another demand on our senses and sensibility. Still, much to ponder on a Lenten journey. I've appreciated my Lenten retreates - but I've ony gone away for a few days to a retreat center - but I really understand what you mean about Lent moving on and Holy Week coming even in the midst of an effort to take a break. Hope you enjoyed it. I expect the desert will be in beautiful bloom this year, in early April!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-91805207926444780162010-03-18T00:12:41.267-05:002010-03-18T00:12:41.267-05:00Diane,
This is is good stuff - thanks. Just heard...Diane,<br />This is is good stuff - thanks. Just heard a speech from a cameroonian woman who said that in her country there is never enough, and everyone is starving and here we are cursed with too much. same idea. It's like the stuff becomesa burden....Jennifer Garrison Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170014214291920971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-70249018203839158342010-03-17T08:52:01.212-05:002010-03-17T08:52:01.212-05:00Maybe in the "wilderness" we actually th...Maybe in the "wilderness" we actually think about the temptations and in the "hustle and bustle" we don't need to think much at all, and that is what "they" want of us.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-25162622678846546502010-03-17T07:05:42.636-05:002010-03-17T07:05:42.636-05:00Oh, your last sentence... worth thinking upon for ...Oh, your last sentence... worth thinking upon for a long, long time.DogBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188110384649189032noreply@blogger.com