Here’s Mud in Your Eye
On my last day of early retirement in December, my team decided to host a…
Deacon AllenMarch 15, 2026
Lenten Pruning
As I was driving to church for a meeting, I passed some workers trimming trees…
Deacon AllenMarch 5, 2026
An Ash Wednesday Prayer
I found this in my file cabinet and wanted to share it as our Lenten…
Deacon AllenFebruary 14, 2024
Fast-ing for Lent
It is hard to believe that we are in the fourth week of Lent -…
Deacon AllenMarch 23, 2023
If I Can Do It, So Can You!
One of the things I like to do during Lent is read spiritual books. This…
Deacon AllenMarch 9, 2023
The Joy of Lent
Here we are in this season of Lent, A time for reflection, a time to…
Deacon AllenMarch 2, 2023
How Is Your Lent Going?
Lent is the time when we seek the Lord through prayer, by giving alms through…
Deacon AllenMarch 17, 2022
Ashes are for People like Us
Just in case anyone’s stressing over this, getting ashes doesn’t mean we’re holy. In fact,…
Deacon AllenFebruary 14, 2018
It’s All About the Connection
I love social media! In fact, I’m all over social media. I’m on Facebook, Twitter,…
Deacon AllenMarch 1, 2017
We Need a Lenten “Unselfie”
Ah, the “selfie.” We just can’t seem to get enough of ourselves. So much so,…
Deacon AllenFebruary 18, 2015
