Living Joyful Healer
Lenten Reflections – Day 2 Wilderness
When I think about wilderness, I think about the fact that wilderness doesn’t have to be in nature. The idea of wilderness during lent to me is synonymous with burden. When Jesus was wandering the wilderness, his burden was temptation, desire, needs, life. His burden was to become the man he was destined to be;…
Lenten Reflections – Day 1
Today is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of the season of Lent: a period of 40 days, not including Sundays, where we are reminded of the sacrifice that Christ gave to us. This is a time where we think about fasting – meat, chocolate, alcohol. But it’s also a time of reflection, a time of renewal,…
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April Sousa is the Pastor at the Church of the Joyful Healer in McKinleyville, CA. She is mom to two boys, Xavier and Quinn, wife to Justin, and caregiver to several animals.