Ash Wednesday 2023
The beginning of Lent, 2023. This has been a year like few others! And, I have to say, almost as if my life has been deliberately leading me here ... to this point, this climax, from which the rest of my life will play out. It seems this year, the time of Lent has slashed its way into my reality, and it would be easy to dismiss it, ignore it, like I've done so often in the past, but maybe I should re-think that. Maybe I should use this to ... to create intent and change and focus. The time of Lent, 40 days before the Thursday before Good Friday, is a common Christian practice. It starts with Ash Wednesday and ends on Maudy Thursday. The purpose was to bring a form of solidarity among Christians and Christ, to join him in his preparation for the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. The 40 days are to align us with Christ's time in the desert, where he was tempted by Satan, and where we remove that in our lives that tempt us as well. There are three points to Lent - fastin...