Ah, February...

... month of blizzards and 65-degree days (this is Colorado), groundhogs and chocolates. And this year, Ash Wednesday and Lunar New Year.

Today, the Australian government issued a formal apology to aboriginal/indigenous people who were inappropriately removed from their families as children. Speaking as someone who is still an Australian citizen and lived there for 9 years as a child, I hope this can be a symbolic first step toward greater racial reconciliation.

The U.S. presidential campaign continues with great fervor and speculation. In case you're wondering (and not connected to me on Facebook yet), I'm supporting Hillary Clinton.

Life goes on... pretty well, really. Doing a bit of juggling with the three areas of work/ministry, but not too overwhelmed yet. I'm leading two Lenten study groups with the same book, The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach about Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem, by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan. We're off to a good start, and the book is fascinating. I highly recommend it for anyone who likes Jesus and was troubled by Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of the Christ. The book explores a different way of understanding what Jesus' "Passion" was really about.

And on a much, much lighter note, I would really like to get me some "Looking Good for Jesus" cosmetics... but I may be too late. Anyone who can get me one of these products will have my eternal gratitude.