Lent, First Sunday in...

In the church calendar, Sundays are usually known as the "Sundays of" as in the 4th Sunday of Pentecost or the 2nd Sunday of Advent.

But during Lent, they're known as the "Sundays in" as in today is the first Sunday in Lent. If I put my outsider's hat on again (that I grew up outside the church) and do the math geek thing that's hardwired in my genes, there are more than 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. In fact, it's off by 6 because Sundays don't count. Sundays are mini-Easters and therefore they are "in" rather than part "of" the Lenten season. (And my mother should be proud of me now because as fantastic as my math scores were, I could never choose the proper preposition back in high school -- and she was a high school English teacher.)

Getting Back in the Swing...

... the mad rush at the office will be coming to an end in about a month.  It's been a crazy time but in some ways rewarding.  It's never enough to fully compensate time away from the family, but in this economy, it's a blessing to have a job.

Hopefully this frees up more time to live a more balanced life, which for me includes more consistent writing.  Many ideas have been stockpiling in my head and I'd like to just get them down on paper, or at least through my keyboard.

As usual, I'm inconsistent about where to write... so this blog post serves as an experiment to see how well blogging and FaceBook can live together in peace and harmony.  Facebook is where I've started to jot down just a few thoughts... and hopefully there can be a good balance between public and semi-public expression with these two tools.