“To honestly express myself.”
— Lyle Whitney, a guitar playing member of First Presbyterian Church of Allegan.
This is day four of my Lenten Experience Experiment: For Lent this year I am going to ask 40 people this question and post their answers along with their pictures.
I am surprised at the diversity of answers that I have gotten so far. Many people that I have asked are very seriously thinking about their answers and have promised to get back to me.
“To have a healthy baby.” –Donna Evans Donna Evans spent most of her high school years at Allegan High School. But as a Junior, she left Allegan to finish the school year at Fennville High. Her plans were to continue on there and to graduate from Fennville the next year, but her father got sick more »
Deb Booth is a member at First Presbyterian Church of Allegan who is about to move from Allegan to Pullman with her caregiver. Deb and her house mate Johnny are a familiar pair in downtown Allegan where they frequently save pop cans from the trash and keep track of the news and the local happenings more »
Ashley is the friendly and kind voice that you often will hear when you go through the Biggby Drive Through on Chicago Dr. in Grandville. When I asked her my question, I was kind of getting worried, since I hadn’t found anyone to participate in my Lenten project yet today. Ashley! (Her nametag has the more »
The First Day of Lent. Brittany sat in her car outside of the church. The Ash Wednesday service was over and it was now Lent. She peeked into the mirror on her visor and saw the dark smudge of ashes on her brow. The shape of a cross and it stood out harshly against her more »
“To be a part of children’s lives in every aspect God puts me in.” -Karen Andrews For the past 21 years, Karen has lived out her purpose in life by being a teacher. She is a very special kind of teacher, —she is in charge of the young 5’s at Brandon Elementary in Martin, Michigan. more »
The Cracks in My Walls 11/4/2019 Rev. Karen Fitz La Barge I have been doing a lot of painting lately, the painting of walls. Over the last several weeks, I have been immersed in French Colony, a sophisticated grey-blue. I have stirred up two cans of Sand Castle, a creamy latte tan and I have more »
