Looking Forward to Lent

I may be odd, but Lent is my favorite part of the church calendar. Why? To use a very crass analogy, I find that I obtain spiritual "capital" that I can use the entire year. And now, I really need Lent--I am running a bit low spiritually speaking.

In the past few years, I have found that rather than give up something for Lent, I gain much more by adding something--I try to focus my reading on faith. Last year I focused on atonement. The year before, I used Lent to read the first three volumes of N.T. Wrights' tome on Jesus. So, I am now open to suggestions on good books or topics I can use to focus myself this coming Lent. Any suggestions?

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Anonymous said…
Lent is my favorite season of the liturgical calendar also. It represents a call to remember that Jesus gave everything for us. And I like that we focus more on inward things, and this is understood by people that know us. Though I do give up some things, mainly it is to allow me to have more time for study, contemplation and meditation. (Note that I am a bit of a sudoku addict.)

Alice in Phoenix
January 18, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Anonymous said…
I forgot: book recommendations. Marcus Borg as a counterbalance to N.T. Wright. I enjoyed the one they wrote together. Also any number of contemplative books that focus on the seven last words, such as Rutledges book.

Peace and Love

Alice in Phoenix
January 18, 2008 at 10:22 PM
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