So it's Ash Wednesday, the 1st day of Lent. Tis the season to turn up the heat on the Lord's charge to "deny yourself, pick up your cross & follow Him" through increased prayer, fasting & giving to the poor. I was thinking about giving up some media consumption -- something meaningful. Anne Jackson blogged about a "
Facebook fast" and it spoke to me. When I heard one of our church teens was doing a FB fast, that was the clincher.
On the more traditional Lenten disciplines, here's an easy way to do all three simultaneously:
1) skip a meal;
2) pray during the time you would have been eating;
3) donate the dollar amount you would have spent on food to the poor (maybe through a charity that works directly with the poor).
Have a blessed Lent.
