At this point I’ve lost track of how many times I say to myself, “Self, you should post something on your blog,” but never actually do. I miss the journaling nature of old-school blogging. I’ve said that many times before too.
Every year I try to observe Lent in some way, even though my faith tradition doesn’t do Lent, like, at all. Maybe I should write about how Mormons should stop trying to disconnect from historical Christianity and could benefit from a liturgical calendar and stuff. I mean, Come Follow Me and the 4 year study rotation through the standard works is already its own sort of liturgical cycle.
But I digress.
The most familiar aspect of Lent for most people (I think) is the fasting part. Giving something up. It’s what I knew best. You get a cross of ashes on your forehead and then you give up chocolate or soda or TV or whatever for the next month or so. There is also, I’m learning, a feasting aspect to Lent: adding something to your life in order to feel God’s presence better. (That’s what the fasting is for, too. Eliminating a comfort or distraction so there’s more space for Jesus. It’s less about suffering and more about making room.) Then there’s the justice and repentance parts. That’s for another day, perhaps. Today, I’m thinking about feasting.
I’m probably adding too many things all at once for this season. Too often I lack follow through; undoubtedly I’ll drop one or more of my Lenten plans before Easter. But one of the things I want to do over the next 40+ days is blog. Quick posts, mostly. I’m not going to share recipes or parenting tips or travelogues or so many of the other things that led to my burnout a couple years back. I don’t want to repeat those mistakes. Just a few quick thoughts, what’s happening lately, a picture I liked, stuff like that. Old school. Before blogging was A Thing with Pressure and Expectations.
So that’s the plan. It’s Ash Wednesday and I’m posting. Day 1…check.
Here’s a picture I took the other day. It’s unrelated but it makes me smile.
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