tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15733794.post114118949999354006..comments2023-10-30T06:01:02.889-04:00Comments on don't call me Veronica: lent - i'll stewtonymyleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11396458619687708153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15733794.post-1141514315642982122006-03-04T18:18:00.000-05:002006-03-04T18:18:00.000-05:00Hey! I'll be very interested to see what you make ...Hey! I'll be very interested to see what you make of it, this is my second time at doing the whole lent thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09604443016677801382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15733794.post-1141325173960216412006-03-02T13:46:00.000-05:002006-03-02T13:46:00.000-05:00Me, too, Scooby Doo... Me, too.Me, too, Scooby Doo... Me, too.tonymyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11396458619687708153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15733794.post-1141270460630699442006-03-01T22:34:00.000-05:002006-03-01T22:34:00.000-05:00I think God realizes we all learn in different way...I think God realizes we all learn in different ways. Some of us learn audibly through spoken word. Others learn visually by seeing things in black and white. Others like me learn Kyneshtetically(sp?) meaning we must do to learn. For a person like me all the festivals of the old testiment and the "traditions" of today like Lent and ashes and what not take on special significance. <BR/><BR/>The problem is too often the significance isn't explained and tradition simply becomes tradition.<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons Mars Hill is successful at reaching so many is that it's a church which understands all this.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, I was all over my Lent book this a.m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15733794.post-1141229054036343442006-03-01T11:04:00.000-05:002006-03-01T11:04:00.000-05:00In the class I teach on Sunday mornings, there are...In the class I teach on Sunday mornings, there are usually donuts or pastries or some sort of treat. This is a CofC and I think most people there think that classroom donuts are scriptural. This past Sunday, somebody dropped the ball and there were no donuts. One young man was asked to keep track of prayer requests and then pray. He responded (HALF-jokingly, mind you), "How can I be expected to pray on an empty stomach?"<BR/><BR/>I mumbled something about prayer and fasting sort of GOING together and then we moved on.<BR/><BR/>My point: I'm wondering lately if Lent doesn't serve some real purposes. If it doesn't, as when we fast, cause us to focus more on what's important. At the same time, I think it makes us appreciate what we have.<BR/><BR/>You make an interesting point, too, about how we are "supposed to be" eschewing tradition. And I agree that tradition for tradition's sake is pointless. But trying out traditions from another tribe can be eye-opening in a lot of ways. Keep us posted, brother.Thurman8erhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956136117525355145noreply@blogger.com