Tuesday, February 27, 2007

ENJOY THE JOURNEY: Why should Protestants care about Lent?

re: "You see, I'm a Protestant who has grown to LOVE Lent—and though I am the wife of an Anglican priest, there’s still a little Baptist girl inside the woman, so that’s no light statement I toss off. But after 15 years of following the ancient cycle of the liturgical seasons—Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Ordinary Time—I have found it so meaningful to seasonally put the spotlight on a different aspect of my Christian walk. The Scripture readings, the prayers and the traditions of each season serve to educate my mind theologically and my heart practically in ways I need to grow..."...

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