"Hey Ed, do you think the school would sponsor our softball team?"
"Let me get back with you."
A few days later a note arrived in my school mailbox from Ed Carey, the Dean of Students at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, stating my request had been approved and to go to the business office to pick up my check. I walked upstairs to the business office, informed the administrator I was there to pick up the check, which he had waiting on his desk. Before he handed it over to me he asked, "What is this for again?" "A divinity school softball team", I replied. He muttered something about the school barely having enough money to stay afloat yet they had money to sponsor a softball team.
Over the next few weeks I assembled a team of classmates, professors, and school staff members. Even with the ever present hope of a new season of ball I knew we were going to be terrible. And we were terrible, never winning a game. Oh well, we had fun. The biggest surprise, however, was how slow we were. Looking back our slowness should have come as no surprise, sitting all day reading in the library or lecturing in a classroom, or working in the admissions office isn't exactly conducive to producing lighting fast leg muscles.
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What is the goal of Lent? It is to prepare us for Easter. And what is the goal of Easter? To enable us to live free and flourishing lives. And how do we live free and flourishing lives? One way is to practice and cultivate deep wells of forgiveness. We live our days with great burdens on our backs. But we do not have to. We can live lightly, we can almost fly... This Lent I invite you through worship, through Second Hour, through daily experiences to experiment, contemplate, and practice forgiveness. Feel and experience the light heart of forgiveness, give yourself permission to approach Easter with a free heart forgiveness can
"Let me get back with you."
A few days later a note arrived in my school mailbox from Ed Carey, the Dean of Students at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, stating my request had been approved and to go to the business office to pick up my check. I walked upstairs to the business office, informed the administrator I was there to pick up the check, which he had waiting on his desk. Before he handed it over to me he asked, "What is this for again?" "A divinity school softball team", I replied. He muttered something about the school barely having enough money to stay afloat yet they had money to sponsor a softball team.
Over the next few weeks I assembled a team of classmates, professors, and school staff members. Even with the ever present hope of a new season of ball I knew we were going to be terrible. And we were terrible, never winning a game. Oh well, we had fun. The biggest surprise, however, was how slow we were. Looking back our slowness should have come as no surprise, sitting all day reading in the library or lecturing in a classroom, or working in the admissions office isn't exactly conducive to producing lighting fast leg muscles.
One person in …show more content…
What is the goal of Lent? It is to prepare us for Easter. And what is the goal of Easter? To enable us to live free and flourishing lives. And how do we live free and flourishing lives? One way is to practice and cultivate deep wells of forgiveness. We live our days with great burdens on our backs. But we do not have to. We can live lightly, we can almost fly... This Lent I invite you through worship, through Second Hour, through daily experiences to experiment, contemplate, and practice forgiveness. Feel and experience the light heart of forgiveness, give yourself permission to approach Easter with a free heart forgiveness can