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The last time I actually had a Lent where I participated fully in things like Ash Wednesday and Holy Week was 2008 — in other words, before I had Daniel. In 2009 during my pregnancy with him, I was too sick to go to Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday. He was born on the Tuesday of Holy Week so any Tridiuum activities were also effectively off the table. The next year, I did make Ash Wednesday but I was incredibly depressed after the move to California and stayed at my in-laws’ house with Daniel while Jon went to Holy Week. Last year, I had a child in the PICU on Ash Wednesday though I did half-heartedly make the effort to be there for Wednesday soup suppers (though I never stayed for worship afterwards). I made it for Palm Sunday but Holy Week didn’t exactly happen other than staying for a little bit of Maundy Thursday.<\/p>\n
So… I’ve been puzzling on what my Lenten thing will be and I seem to have come upon the idea of extra blogging on faith things as my discipline. Lately, my blog has been all about The Simple Woman’s Daybook<\/a> and Quick Takes<\/a> which means that I’m not really blogging enough. So… from Ash Wednesday onward, I’ll be posting on faith issues under the category “Occupying Lent”.<\/strong> (Why yes, the name was inspired\/stolen from the Occupy Lent<\/a> on the Twitter<\/a>. How ever did you figure that out??? BTW, thank you to Kate<\/a> for introducing me to it.) I’ll still be doing my weekly memes but I think this extra posting will be a good discipline for me.<\/p>\n Oh yeah… there’s also the no meat on Ash Wednesday\/Fridays\/fast between 12-3 on Good Friday thing. I thought about giving up meat for all of Lent but I need the protein a bit too much. Giving it up on Fridays is hard enough because I usually go to the local sushi\/teryaki place to eat and read in peace and their lunch special is some sort of teryaki meat. My anniversary falls on a Friday this year so that should also be interesting.<\/p>\n Before I close, I’d like to point out that I’m Lutheran<\/a> and none of this is required for me. \ud83d\ude42 I take on Lenten disciplines for the simple reason of growing close to Jesus during this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The last time I actually had a Lent where I participated fully in things like Ash Wednesday and Holy Week was 2008 — in other words, before I had Daniel. In 2009 during my pregnancy with him, I was too … Continue reading