If you participate in a Lenten discipline, why?

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Submitted by Eric Ohrtman on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 9:28am
I always have.
8% (3 votes)
I find it personally enriching.
59% (23 votes)
Connecting to the community and its' traditions.
33% (13 votes)
Total votes: 39
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Home » If you participate in a Lenten discipline, why?

Submitted by Rev Lev on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 2:51pm.

Connecting to the community and its' traditions.

 

This is my vote in this poll.

Rev. Robert K. Leaverton, Pastor

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Absarokee, Montana

 

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Before returning to the

Submitted by layne s on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 6:29pm.

Before returning to the Lutheran church, our family was Eastern Orthodox for 10+ years.

In the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition one moves through Lent with the disciplines of:  No meat, no eggs, no dairy, no olive oil, no wine, no sexual intimacy.  And Lenten Worship Services. 

Lately I enter Lent with the aim of being more present to my children.
Lord Jesus help me.