Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
Hard to believe though it is, Easter is two Sundays from today! To try and keep it from sneaking up on us, we talked our way through how this Lent has been treating us. How have our attempts at prayer, fasting, and almsgiving been going? A little hit and miss, honestly. How about yours?
Brandon told me when we were talking about fasting on this week's podcast that I HAD to expand on how we reorder our desires, so here we go! Here are the two steps blown out as per his request: 1) Identifying what we're running to. 2) Replace it with a healthy dependence on God.
AJ and Brandon keep walking that Lenten journey! After looking at prayer last week, this week it's time to take a look at fasting. Fasting is more than just giving up candy, it's about getting the obstacles out of the way from us and God.
Alms giving is how I wanted to conclude our look at these penitential practices for a couple of reasons. First, because it is a fitting and logical end of the other two, and secondly, because it sometimes feels the least penitential.
Fasting is known and practiced even by people outside of the faith. I've never had a conversation around the topic of Lent that didn't involve the question, "What are you giving up?" In addition, I know a great many lapsed and non-Catholics who still hold onto this tradition of fasting, and for good reason.