So Lent starts on Wed. Are you doing anything to mark Lent this year?
Hi Folks, Here is recording of last night's Twitter chat with this year's United Church Lenten book author Debbie McMillan in case you missed it.
I am not your traditional penitent person. I have always had problems with Lent, the 40 days before Easter, the most joyous day in the Christian year.
I suspect my conflict began early, when growing up in Quebec it was important for the much smaller Protestants to clearly differentiate themselves from the overwhelmingly dominant, at least by numbers, Roman Catholics.
When all my friends talked about giving up this or that for Lent (usually involving candy) I kind of rebelled.
That attitude has stuck with me to this day.
A friend of mine told me about this site the other day, and I finally got around to looking at it today.
Lent Madness: Who Will Win the Golden Halo? http://www.lentmadness.org
Basically each day, two saints are paired up. They post articles about each saint and whichever one gets the most votes moves on to the next round. It looks like quite interesting and educational.
Welcome to Week Two of WonderCafe's 2013 Lenten discussion on the new United Church Lenten book, Diving Deeply: Daily Devotions for Lent. (See Week One here.)
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