I thought I'd take a little while to share a bit about Lent this year. This account was last updated on 3 April 2009.
I've never observed Lent before this year. There is a feeling of "us and them" between Protestants and Catholics in general, and many Protestants view Lent as a Catholic Church thing. But after I read about Lent some years ago, the idea has been in the back of my mind as a discipline to draw me closer to God.
The idea of Lent is to endure privation of some sort - usually food - in order to stress our reliance and dependence on God, just as Yesus did in his 40 days in the desert,...
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