Category: My Lenten Journey

First, walk in late. Second, be just under 6 feet tall. And fat. Third, proudly wear an “Obama ’08″ button because you are high on the adrenaline from the caucus and feel like it’s important to be integrated in your whole life. Think, misguidedly, that wearing the button is a step toward this kind of [...]

Lent is typically characterized (in Western tradition, at least) by giving something up for the season. Many give up chocolate or desserts, or TV. But I know that giving up desserts just puts me in the frame of a diet, and “dieting for Jesus” is not exactly what Lent is about. The idea is to [...]