Comments on: Lent for Me v. Lent for God http://empireremixed.com/2008/02/15/lent-for-me-v-lent-for-him/ rethinking everything Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Blogging Lent « Empire Remixed http://empireremixed.com/2008/02/15/lent-for-me-v-lent-for-him/#comment-64 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:34:37 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-64 [...] word. We’ve already shared a couple of reflections on lent on the blog – one from Ericka here and one from Liz [...]

]]> By: Liz http://empireremixed.com/2008/02/15/lent-for-me-v-lent-for-him/#comment-53 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:52:23 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-53 I didn’t give anything up, but I started getting up at 6:30 to put that sacred space into my life… I agree with you Lisa, it was a heck of a lot easier to give up chocolate.

]]> By: Ericka http://empireremixed.com/2008/02/15/lent-for-me-v-lent-for-him/#comment-48 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:59:22 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-48 Beth – i had a look at Isaiah 58. Neat that it’s a passage for all of the first week of Lent. I think that’s a great way to (hopefully) focus people on the Cross / others, rather than simply giving up chocolate. That said, I’m with Lisa, chocolate is much easier. This Lent, I gave up swearing, and, like you Lisa, am trying to be more conscious of praying and reading my Bible.

]]> By: andrew http://empireremixed.com/2008/02/15/lent-for-me-v-lent-for-him/#comment-46 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:55:19 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-46 Some days I wish it was just about giving up the chocolate or whatever. Luckily my health has forced me to give up sugar and any form of alcohol, so I don’t necessarily have to give those things up for lent – they’re already given up.

But as for what I can do, be more intentional about in my life and in my interaction with others. As for what I can do to act more justly and to seek to truly walk the cross towards Calvary, I struggle with how to live that out.

]]> By: lisa http://empireremixed.com/2008/02/15/lent-for-me-v-lent-for-him/#comment-43 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:08:32 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-43 This Lent, I’m deliberately forcing some space into my life and doing without some stuff in order to feed and house someone who needs it and (even harder) offer communion and friendship.

damn, it’s really hard! giving up chocolate was far easier.

]]> By: Beth http://empireremixed.com/2008/02/15/lent-for-me-v-lent-for-him/#comment-42 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:41:15 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-42 In the Book of Common Prayer, Isaiah 58 is one of the readings for Ash Wednesday, and then in case you didn’t get it, that same chapter is in the daily readings for the rest of the week. For me (and I’ve been a liturgical Christian for as long as I’ve been a Christian) this sets a real tone for the season away from personal piety and towards looking at how our lives affect our neighbors.

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