Remember, O man, that you are dust...
so why be surprised when confronted with the limitations of one of man's grander inventions, the 1997 Jeep Cherokee? In the shop. Why today? Why not next week, when our schedules and budget will be less constricted?

Lent has not yet begun and I am ready to fall into the pit of flimsy, low-grade despair. But I will not take the bait. There are opportunities. There are spiritual lessons. Arriving at church in the unheated, dubious looking van is only the beginning.