http://www.unpackingideas.org/?p=2444 A self-indulgent conversation about incarnation, grace, and transformational leadership Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.unpackingideas.org/?p=2444&cpage=1#comment-119 Pastor Charlie Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:12:52 +0000 http://www.unpackingideas.org/?p=2444#comment-119 I like your post...giving up Lent for Lent! Actually, due to commercialization, I've come to actually enjoy Lent better than Advent. I can engage in it on God's terms or my own more easily than in Advent, when I often have to contend with it on the world's terms. Yet when it comes to "The Day" in each season, I like Christmas better. No matter what the world tries to throw my way, when we wake up Christmas morning, the commercialism can't intrude (no TV). Also, there's more to do, spiritually, in Lent. Both seasons have their devotional readings, but Lent has self-examination, and fasting (one of my favorite disciplines, because of it's focus on actions, vs. words). No offense intended against The Word, of course. :-) I like your post…giving up Lent for Lent! Actually, due to commercialization, I’ve come to actually enjoy Lent better than Advent. I can engage in it on God’s terms or my own more easily than in Advent, when I often have to contend with it on the world’s terms. Yet when it comes to “The Day” in each season, I like Christmas better. No matter what the world tries to throw my way, when we wake up Christmas morning, the commercialism can’t intrude (no TV). Also, there’s more to do, spiritually, in Lent. Both seasons have their devotional readings, but Lent has self-examination, and fasting (one of my favorite disciplines, because of it’s focus on actions, vs. words). No offense intended against The Word, of course.

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