Just Another Facebook Faster

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.