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Spring – Season of Hope

February 25, 2020 By Verna Bowman 2 Comments

Spring is a season of hope. No matter how mild the winter, this time every year we wait anxiously for the beginning of Spring and the “new” it brings. And it’s less than three weeks away! Looking from my office window I’m not seeing a change in season yet - but assured it’s hidden within the mix of a robin perched on a naked … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #spring, Ash Wednesday, Hope, Lent

Spring for the Soul

March 4, 2019 By Verna Bowman Leave a Comment

Looking out my March-window shows mixed signs of spring resting on a snow shovel. But Ash Wednesday is Wednesday and there’s something about the day that makes me look forward to everything un-winter.  In my soul . . . The beginning of the Lenten season seems to shake winter right out of the heart to create space for the … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #soul, #spring, Ash Wednesday, journal

Desert to Destination

February 6, 2016 By Verna Bowman 11 Comments

No matter how early Ash Wednesday comes every year we always have the assurance spring is waiting around the cold corner to unveil the earth with new life. It’s Ash Wednesday – almost. And it brings hope and a 40-day journey that has purpose and destination. Resurrection. Lent, an Old English word meaning spring, begins … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #spring, #vernabowman.com, Ash Wednesday, Hope, journey, Lent

Desert or Dessert

March 4, 2014 By Verna Bowman 8 Comments

It seems no matter how early Ash Wednesday shows up on the calendar, we have the assurance Spring is waiting around the cold corner to pour out new life and breath. While the earth sleeps under a heavy blanket of snow, we’re called to wake up during Lent.  We need a season of new beginning just as the earth needs to … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #inspirational, Ash Wednesday, forty days, Lent, lenten journey, wilderness

Fastnachts and Forty Days

February 12, 2013 By Verna Bowman 4 Comments

What is? . . . starch squares or rounds made with potato flour, sugar, lard, and weighs in with 12 to 21 grams of fat?  We stand in bakery and grocery lines once a year for them . . . a fastnacht! A popular Pennsylvania tradition we celebrate in our area is Fastnacht Day. A German word meaning before the fast.  Fried bread … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, fastnachts, Lent, sacrifice

His Word – My Hope

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses.  You are saved by grace.  Ephesians 2:4-5

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Verna Bowman
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