I can’t cancel Lent. I can’t tell you we’re going to opt out. A rector simply doesn’t have that much authority. What I can say, is that I think this year it may be helpful to approach Lent differently.
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Ash Wednesday Intentions
In spirituality posture matters. Subtle adjustments can make a big difference. Nuance matters. Lent comes to remind us, it is not only what spiritual practice we choose, but how we practice, and why we practice that shapes us.
Ash Wednesday: Dying that We Might Come Alive
Ireneaus of Lyon, in the second century, said that “the glory of God is the person fully alive.” How can we be more fully alive? More deeply alive? More awake, more engaged, more present?
What is your Lenten Discipline?
Lenten discipline aren’t meant to be self-improvement projects, that’s thinking too small. God invites us to grow for the sake of others. God invites us to be more whole, that we might become repairers of the breach, menders of broken walls, restorers of livable streets.
Mike Angell 