Loving Lent

I love Lent. Growing up we didn't really observe lent - it seemed distinctly Catholic and Baptists didn't really want to have anything to do with that. But I love the 40 days (minus Sundays) that make up lent much more than I enjoy the 12 days of Christmas. Christmas feels public - as it should, bringing a baby into the world ushers you into community even if you've kept to yourselves prior to that event. Lent feels private. Lent feels like meditation and reflection.

I am working on something for Good Friday that really excites me. I saw this incredible documentary about a death row minister in Texas and it's a Good Friday story. I will work on that through Lent. That's my lenten project.