#Fast Fridays in #Lent Archives

#Fast Fridays in # Lent: 3 Things I Have Received From the “Love” of Strangers

March 27, 2015 Pat Gohn

Quickly, off the top of your head, try to recall 3 times that a stranger has done something kind for you and it made all the difference in your life. Then say a prayer for each of those people. Then go an do likewise. Pay it forward with your kindness, courtesy, and willingness to help….

#Fast Fridays in #Lent… Taming my will and not crushing my spirit when fasting

March 20, 2015 Pat Gohn

This Lent, I’ve been working on a deeper sense of fasting. Of course, that’s supposed to be between me and the Lord, but I thought I’d share just a few things that I’m learning about myself and that perhaps these things will resonate with you. If not, just move along with your day, don’t let…

#Fast Fridays in #Lent… not that we might do, that we might be… not the sins, but the faith.

March 13, 2015 Pat Gohn

Lent is not a punch card. It is not a ticket to heaven. It is not dues paying or making deposits in some holy account. Lent, in the briefest way, means 40 Days. In the longer way it means this. 40 Days. Productivity experts tell us that it takes more than 30 days to make…

#Fast Friday in Lent … mid-Lent, midlife…

March 6, 2015 Pat Gohn

Here we are, approaching mid-Lent! I was encouraging my bible study students this week that it is never too late to make a good Lent. Lots of folks have a fast start. They get all excited to maintain the practices of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer and then forget, or can’t maintain the habit, or peter…

#Fast Friday in #Lent… cleaning grime outta the corners

February 27, 2015 Pat Gohn

I’ve been at home a lot. There’s some much snow up here in New England, it’s keeping me indoors. Clutter within the four walls is starting to drive me crazy and slowly. As part of my Lenten penances, and to grow in humility and diligence, I’m cleaning a lot of grime out of the corners….