The world is full of choices. When we go to the grocery store we have to choose between an almost endless selection of brand names, products and caloric alternatives. At any of the local coffee houses, the choices are almost as endless: two pumps syrup, vanilla, caramel, mocha, whipped, skinny, extra shots, decaf, regular, tall, grande or venti. (No wonder there’s always a line to order. It takes a while to sort it all out.) There are choices at the multiplex theaters, too. Which movie at what time in which of the 16 or more theaters should I attend? With cable TV or satellite, a person has the choice of more than 200 television channels to watch and on our computers the choices are nearly as endless.
During an intercollegiate track meet between the vaunted Cambridge University and their star speedster Harold Abrahams and St. Andrews with Eric Liddell, the flying Scotsman, the tension is high.
Most people I know can remember exactly where they were when they first heard or saw the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. I can remember precisely where I was and what I was doing. I had just come back from a walk with my dog.
Lent is a word that in its original Anglo-Saxon origins denoted the onset of spring and the signs of new life beginning to show through the ground. Since the mid-fourth century Lent has come to mean a time of preparation and prayer prior to Easter and the church’s celebration of Jesus’ resurrection.
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