Lent

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  4 Beautiful Lessons in the Ashes and Fasting of Lent Whether Ash Wednesday and Lent are new to you, or your church celebrates this season, there is much to learn about and from this 40-day period of ashen crosses and fasting.What Is Ash Wednesday?Ash Wednesday... Sarah Garrett Feb 10, 2020
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  70 Ideas for What to Give Up for Lent: 2024 Fasting Guide Here are 70 of our favorite and most popular ideas for what to give up for Lent. Heather Riggleman Jan 31, 2020
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  It's Not Too Late to Choose a Lenten Fast If you want to be known for more than just your dress, what’s filling up your baskets, or what food you are eating on Easter Sunday, then I highly encourage you to try observing Lent through some common... Becky Kiser Mar 07, 2019
• What to Give Up for Lent  The season of Lent is an opportunity for us to reflect on who we are and who God is. The 40 days before Easter is a time to reorder our lives. The long season before Easter — from which we get the... Dr. Michael A. Milton Feb 27, 2019
• 15 Lent Prayers to Use for Reflection in This Holy Season To me, is what Lent is all about: Being surprised by joy. Sacrificing our selves as we focus on greater intimacy and unity with Christ. Finding our truest joy in Jesus alone. This is my prayer for this... Rachel Dawson Feb 15, 2018
• Can it Be VaLENTine's Day Every Year? When Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday fell on the same day I thought, "This suddenly makes a whole lot of sense to me; can we do this every year?" Shawn McEvoy Feb 14, 2018
• Should I Give Up Something for Lent? The core of the Easter message is the new life available to every person because of the redemption Jesus provided through his death and resurrection. Denise K. Loock Feb 14, 2018
• Why I Was Wrong about Lent Encouragment on refocussing and reawakening what the cross means to us. Jennifer Kostick Feb 14, 2018
• 7 Types of Fasts You Need to Know About [Editors note: the following in excerpt from Dr. Peter Holme's The Fasting Journey (Authentic Publishing, 2009). Copyright 2009 Dr. Peter Holme's. Used with permission.] Deciding... Dr. Peter Holmes Feb 09, 2018
• (Hopefully) Non-Self-Righteous Thoughts on the Observance of Lent My family doesn’t observe Lent. I’ve never been a member of a church that observes Lent. I wouldn’t tell you to practice it. But I’m not going to tell you to not, either. Aaron Armstrong Mar 01, 2017
• 5 Reasons Not to Observe Lent Lent is not a season for weight loss. Yes, Lent involves a taming of the physical appetites. But the goal is to cultivate a spiritual hunger for God, not a slimmer physique. Aaron Damiani Feb 28, 2017
• We are Not Our Own: The Counter-Cultural Season of Lent Is it all about us, or about Jesus and Him crucified? Today, we enter what may be the most counter-cultural season of the church calendar. More on Lent, next on BreakPoint. John Stonestreet Feb 24, 2017