Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
"Lent is a time of remembering—remembering who we are and whose we are. The disciplines and liturgical practices of Lent are about turning our focus away from the deadening distractions that sometimes fill our days toward the essentials of life and love. We pray. We fast. We give alms. We turn our attention toward God, toward our interior lives, and toward others. And we do so in order to remember, to put back together again our covenant with God, and to realign ourselves with the grace of our baptism. Perhaps we as a community could consider the disciplines of Lent not as disciplines but rather as a way to deepen the covenant that binds us to Christ and each other." ~ Anglican Mainstream blog
We've just started talking about how we as a family can observe Lent - turning our focus from deadening distractions. The overarching distraction for us has to be media - sometimes it's overwhelming how noisy our lives are - radio, tv, ipods, computer, movies, news, magazines... so much is competing for our attention!
So, for the next 40 days, we're going to take a media break from tv and movies, and secular music ~ so we can "turn our attention toward God, toward our interior lives and toward each other."
Other ideas for Lent:
Readings and Meditations
John and Noel Piper's Holy Week
Family Repentance Box
Lent Resources (see meditations)
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