The Season of Lent

Well, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras celebration. Joe and I decided we would enjoy our excess in the form of sour cream enchiladas and an apple fried pie with ice cream. It was good.

But some of you may know, that this time of overindulgence is in preparation for the liturgical season of Lent. As a Baptist growing up, it seems we never really dove into Christian Liturgy too much, but I have enjoyed learning a bit more about this through our church, Irving Bible Church.

Along with the normal teachings, our church has also added a devotional to the season thanks to the writings of Shawn Small (also the guy who married us, I know, cool!)

His book, Via Crucis, follows the journey of not just Christ, but those he met, those who only heard about him, and those who persecuted him. It is a powerful and fresh approach to look at Jesus' journey to the cross. It is a way we can almost see our own selves there some 2,000 years ago. Who would we be? What would we do? Thoughts we can ponder, but with the truly gracious benefit of knowing the hard part is done and our God is great.

If you'd like to walk this "way of the cross" or Via Crucis, during this season of Lent, you can find the book on Amazon, or let me know and I can hook you straight up with the author himself!