Reflecting on Lent
Lent can be a great time for reflection. Many choose to take away things during this time that they deem unhealthy or which have started to take up too large a place in their lives. Others choose to add things to their life that they feel would be positive.
No, I 'm not Catholic :-) I was raised Lutheran and my family currently attends a Methodist church. This is a small cross my wife had set up on the altar of the praise service where I play and sing on Sundays.
I considered giving up photo taking for Lent but knew of too many upcoming photo opportunities between now and Easter "-) Then I thought maybe I could give up Flickr … but I also use Flickr as a way to share photos with family and friends so I didn’t want to do that either.
Anyway, this photo was going to be my “Goodbye Until Easter” photo but instead it will be my “Here’s my boring thoughts on Lent” photo :-)
In what I’m sure was a stroke of spiritual wisdom, I have instead decided to increase my salad intake for Lent … which will hopefully lead to the taking away of pounds :- D
I will also share the following poem I found:
Lent
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Wind and rain this grey
Lenten day.
Wind that howls around
Jagged sins.
Rain,
My vain
Desire for holiness,
Condenses against a leaden sky
And falls again.
No sadness, no desire, no pain.
Only this grey day.
I'll believe in Easter
When it comes.
When it comes again.
--Sr. Jo Morton, OSB Mount Angel, Ore.
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Mimi Kat (64 months ago | reply)
wonderful decision, wonderful photo
fathero9 (64 months ago | reply)
Neat photo and a great poem.
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Seen in Lent, 40 Days in the Wilderness (?)
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Dossy (53 months ago | reply)
Dear Chris,
Your photo is incredibly beautiful and I would like to use it as the image to accompany the description of our Lenten services on our church's website (http://oursaviourchurch.org/).
The photo is not CC copyrighted, so I'm officially asking permission to use it. Please? :-)
Thanks, either way, I understand.
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Dossy (53 months ago | reply)
Chris,
Here's the update to our website where your photo has been used:
oursaviourchurch.org/2008/02/06/lenten-season -2008/
Thank you again for sharing such a lovely picture with everyone.
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Ga Music Maker - Way Behind Commenting - So Sorry! (49 months ago | reply)
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