Lent is a season where we choose to surrender some common activities or consumptions that serve as scaffolding that prop up our life. It’s a concerted effort to dismantle the false dependencies that have supported us for too long and exchange the false supports for a greater dependency on Jesus. For some we surrender our dependency on coffee, for others it’s potato chips, or social media and for some really brave souls—it’s Netflix!
Read moreLent – “The Joy of Being Cleaned Out” By N.T Wright
A long time ago, when I had just learnt to drive, I ran out of petrol on a lonely country road. I gratefully accepted some fuel from a nearby farmer. What he didn't tell me was that it was a mixture designed not for a car, but for a lawn mower. I got back home all right, but the next day the car behaved like a sick animal, coughing and spluttering.
Read moreLent: What is it and why celebrate it?
In our secular culture, we may be much more familiar with the season of time when Tim Horton’s offers the ‘Roll up the Rim’ campaign. I never seem to win – but that’s besides the point. ‘Role up the Rim’ often runs beside the season of Lent – depending on how the calendar falls each year. I think Tim Horton’s historically decided they didn’t want us to fast coffee!
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