So, what will happen here?

For a long time the Episcopal Church had a book called Lesser Feasts and Fasts that would be updated as needed at General Convention with information about Christians who the Church wanted to remember with a feast day. Along with these people there were also options for celebrations of the Holy Eucharist on the weekdays of our Church seasons. In recent years there has been some concern that the book LFF might be seen as minimizing (because of the term 'lesser') the work of those observed, and so there has been a title change to Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints. The idea is still the same, but it's a different name.

Within this book there are prescribed readings for each weekday during the season of Lent. There's a special collect, or prayer, along with a Psalm, an Old Testament reading, and a passage from one of the Gospels. What I hope to do here is give a brief reflection or a few thoughts on those readings each day throughout the season. I hope this will give you an opportunity to respond or at least make this part of your daily routine. I can't promise what shape this will take over the next couple of months, but hopefully we'll find out together. Thanks again for tagging along and holding me accountable here!

What's this all about?

Each year around this time I start wondering, "So what'll it be this year? Coke, caffeine, meat, chocolate? Or maybe I'll take something on, something that requires effort and discipline, like a reading schedule or something physical." And each year, these Lenten disciplines become very much like the resolutions I stubbornly made for the new year, forgotten or missed within days of setting them or making them. Discouraged, it's always easier, for me at least, to simply forget them and act like I never made them.

When I realized recently that Lent was fast approaching, I started to think about about what I might do this time around to observe Lent personally and also what I might be able to offer our church here at St. Paul's this season.

In the coming days I'll talk a little bit about what I hope to do here and how this space can hopefully be helpful to you, too. I know my intentions, but that's not always what comes out when life gets going. I hope you can make some time during your day to check in over here and join me.