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LENT :: are you practicing?

February 25th, 2009

This is actually the post i just put on my blog :: www.erikwillitsblog.com
But i thought since it was about Lent it might fit here as well.

What are you and your community doing for Lent?
Anything? Why or why not?

It seems like a lot of church plants don’t really do the lectionary thing.
Any ideas on the why of that?

I would love to know if your a church planter and you do.
Please share.

Here’s my post…
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Lent means a lot of things to a lot of people, to me it has meant for the past 4 or 5 years that i have practiced LENT a practice in prayer and fasting among other things.

I will further dive into my understand of LENT but i thought i would post a few helpful // interesting Lent Links that might help you get started!

First off, of course…

Wiki LENT
This is Wikipedia info on Lent. A good read with some helpful information.

Next is ehow LENT
a nice little “how to” for the beginning Lent observer.

One of my biggest question is always, “What should i fast from this year”.
In case you didn’t know, during Lent one gives up (fasts) or takes on certain things.
This is Yahoo answer :: what to fast from during Lent
Some interesting answers indeed; sweets, religion, computers, TV, and my personal favorite Lent als. To name a few.

I do believe this year i will be giving up my social media networks.
No facebook, twitter, VIRB, myspace, etc, etc.
i might go through withdrawals but i think it will be good for me.

I also plan on taking up the discipline of reading and praying everyday, first things.
Most every day i read and pray but most everyday it’s after breakfast, after some computer time, after whatever else. Often i even roll over and check my email via my beautiful iPhone and then play a game or to. Nerd, i know…
So the plan is to pray and read my bible first thing.

Here are some links to other who are fasting from social media.
and i thought i was the only one!

The facebook link to the social media fast group.
a funny concept if you really think about it.

A little article on Social networking fast :: from the marketing shift

This was another interesting fast i found while googling around.
Interesting :: The carbon fast

Peace and fasting!
Erik

 

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