Category: Lent

tradition

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Every year it’s the same.

The eggs, milk and flour are waiting.  The syrup is decanted and the lemons poised.  The house is as tidy as it’s likely to get, and the coffee maker is hissing away.

Three congregations with the challenge of ferry time-tables and narrow roads through the hills means that the party starts early, at 4pm.  But there are locals too, which means we don’t finish till about 10pm.

So, in the hour that remains before I start cooking, shall I burn ash, write a sermon, or prepare the pew sheets, do you suppose?

I can never really focus on Ash Wednesday till the last pancake has been eaten.   Which makes for an early morning of austerity and fervent prayer, I assure you.

Lent blog?

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One of the things that has been sitting on my ‘to do’ list since Christmas is ‘Write to thank bloggers for Love Blooms Bright.’

Love Blooms had a smaller following this Advent, but the writing was often stunning, with a happy mix of styles and personalities.

So, the question is:  would anyone like to make a Lent Blog happen?  We are looking for a minimum of 7 people and a maximum of 14.

Would you please let me know

  1. if you are willing
  2. how often you would be willing to post (weekly, 4 times, occasionally)
  3. if you’re not a writer, but want to read it, you could let me know that too.  Knowing there is an audience (congregation?) adds incentive.

Here’s the link to last year’s blog:  Beauty from Chaos.  I may try to revamp it a bit, so if you get the timing right you may find creative chaos all around.