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“The Spirit drove Jesus into the desert and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan.” (Mark 1:12) Don Dunn tells this story about his father. "My father was a mechanic and owned a service garage. One day a trucker drove in for service. When it came time for the bill, the trucker suggested...

This Wednesday, February 18, Lent begins with the distribution of ashes. The ashes come from the burning of palm branches from the previous Palm Sunday. Ashes are placed on our foreheads in the sign of a cross to signal...

“…he taught them as one having authority and not like the scribes.” (Mark 1:22) Isn’t there a sense of disappointment or even outrage when elected officials, heads of businesses and institutions, leaders of churches and service organizations, teachers, coaches or parents do not live up to...