Lent: Not Just About Giving Up Chocolate

I borrow the title for this blog entry from an article from Lubbock Online, the internet home of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. It picks up our theme for this blog, questioning the prevalent idea that  giving up something for Lent is what you are "supposed to do."

Incorporating a new practice is becoming increasingly common, said the Rev. Edson Way of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church. Some people choose to adopt disciplines like Bible study or volunteering — activities that are, Way said, “motivated toward self-improvement and improvement of the surrounding world.”

You can read the whole article at Lent: Not Just About Giving Up Chocolate.

So, what are your hopes and plans for beginning a new practice?  Please let us know by clicking on the "comments" link just below this article.  You will be asked to copy the letters in the word verification box when you are done, to prevent spam/robot comments.

Never responded to a blog before?  Maybe you can make that your new practice in Lent, to comment on this new way of sharing community?

Bruce Calvin