Greetings!
Lenten Greetings.
Sounds strange, doesn’t it? It’s not a season that many of us enthusiastically embrace. We don’t often talk about “getting into the Lenten spirit,” like we do with Christmas. It’s hard not to want to head straight to Easter, to get to the good part where we start living as resurrection people.
It’s also hard not to see Lent as a sort of religious requirement, a way of earning our right to celebrate in the joy of Easter. Lent itself is just hard and unpleasant. We’re asked to think about suffering, and even death.
But still the season remains, stubbornly persistent in its demand to be noticed, to be taken seriously. So, whether you’re participating in the season by giving something up, or you’re taking on a practice or discipline. Whether you like the idea of taking stock of your spiritual situation, or if you’d rather just take a forty-day nap and come back when Easter morning arrives. Whatever your situation, I hope you’ll come join in our Lenten season of worship, reflection, and preparation. Because Lent doesn’t just offer us a path to get ready for Easter – it has wisdom for living all of the hard moments of our daily lives as well.
Faithfully,
Hardy
