The Purpose of Lent? An Invitation of Decrease and Increase
I never quite understood Ash Wednesday when I was younger. My home church never emphasized anything about Lent, or even Good Friday for that matter. In my experience growing up in church, winter was over, spring started springing, then it was time for Easter Sunday! That meant getting up before the crack of dawn, putting […]
Lent & the Value of Subtraction
I’m writing this on the day before Ash Wednesday. When I was growing up, my church tradition never addressed the practice of Lent. In a movement that preaches “No creed, but Christ,” I grew up assuming that most ancient practices of the church were misguided and unnecessary. It is possible that adding such practices can […]
