Did you know 32 solar panels were installed on the White House in 1979? On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Carter dedicated the newly installed solar system designed to heat water with these words, “A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken or…

Lent both begins and ends in the dirt. On Ash Wednesday, we marked the beginning of Lent by marking our foreheads with a smudge of oil and ash. We remembered that we are dust and to dust we will return. Looking ahead, in 40 days (+ Sundays) we’ll complete this Lenten journey as we gather around a grave. As we move…

Lent begins this week on February 26 with Ash Wednesday. For some of us who weren’t raised in a very liturgical Christian tradition, Lent may still be a fairly new thing. It wasn’t part of my church growing up, but in the past decade, I’ve come to love the symbolism and invitation of this day…