For the Christian, Lent can be like hitting the refresh button on your computer screen. While the life of faith demands daily examination and commitment, the penitential season provides for a fresh start in terms of confession, forgiveness, prayer, spiritual reflection and daily discipleship. Some practice the discipline of "giving up" for Lent. Others look to add an experience of prayer or devotion each day in these weeks leading up to Easter. But I have come to the conclusion that Lent can be uncomfortably individualistic: my life, my sin, my relationship with God, my confession, my prayer, my devotion, my discipline, my Lord. Jesus and me.
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