Comments on: A Story about Lent https://www.alisonchino.com/story-lent/ I'm just trying to walk myself home. Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alison https://www.alisonchino.com/story-lent/#comment-6918 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:18:19 +0000 http://www.alisonchino.com/?p=15220#comment-6918 In reply to julieloibner.

True that. Lots of funny memories of Lent discussions. Also, I remember your frequently giving up intangible things. Sleep, time, complaining…

]]> By: Alison https://www.alisonchino.com/story-lent/#comment-6917 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:16:24 +0000 http://www.alisonchino.com/?p=15220#comment-6917 In reply to The Chip Monk.

So true. It is a preparing.

We totally did pancakes this year as well!! The kids loved it.

]]> By: julieloibner https://www.alisonchino.com/story-lent/#comment-6916 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.alisonchino.com/?p=15220#comment-6916 Laughed out loud as I read this and remembered these things. All these memories are precious to me and who knows how God might have used Ben telling that couple about his Lent sacrifice.

]]> By: The Chip Monk https://www.alisonchino.com/story-lent/#comment-6915 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:56:45 +0000 http://www.alisonchino.com/?p=15220#comment-6915 Thank you for your reflections on Lent. I have never been successful in giving things up for Lent.

It occurred to me a couple of years ago that Lent is not about giving things up at all. Rather it is, as you alluded to, about preparation. When Jesus did not eat for 40 days, he didn’t do it to prove that he could, or to make a sacrifice to the Father. He did it to prepare himself for what was coming next.

Tonight we’ll make pancakes as is the Irish Lenten eve tradition and I will think about whether or not I am willing to go without something important in order to prepare me for whatever God may be calling me to. I don’t know if I can do it.

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