I didn’t grow up in a denomination which recognized or practiced the season of Lent. Only in my adult life, did I decide it was something I wanted to observe. It’s been several years in which I gave up something for the Lenten season, often wanting it to...
Lent – the time in which we remember the forty days Jesus spent fasting while in the desert and resisted the temptations with which Satan taunted Him. Many will give up something, called a sacrifice, and refrain from a food or activity for these forty days....
Today is Valentine’s Day. But more so, it is the start of the Lenten season. I wonder how often these two days merge together. To “give something up for Lent”, as explained by dictionary.com, “is to abandon a pleasurable habit as an act of devotion and...
Last week was the beginning of the Lenten season. We can also say it was the beginning of 40 Days With Jesus, since that is the study our group is using for this time. We are following the reading schedule and using their discussion questions. ~*~*~ Our first reading...
In recent days, I have had several conversations with different people and the subject at hand was “fear”. We often use other words to describe our feelings ”“ like worry, concerns, anxiety ”“ in an effort to avoid the use of the word “fear”. Our fears, if...
