Terry Mattingly: Now THAT’S a tough Lent
It was a decade ago during Lent that author Lauren Winner was visited by an angel, unawares.
“Actually, it was my priest,” said Winner, who teaches Christian spirituality at Duke Divinity School. “I have learned that people in my life often tell me what I need to do during Lent. ... It’s kind of like hearing from angels.”
Although the voice wasn’t miraculous, Winner thought it would take a miracle to follow her spiritual guide’s advice. The challenge was deceptively simple: Could she give up reading during Lent?
At the time, Winner was working as book-review editor for Beliefnet.com and studying for her doctorate at Columbia University. She was a writer, editor and student and, naturally, was surrounded by books day after day.
How in the name of God was she supposed to stop reading?
Read it all.
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life • Church Year / Liturgical Seasons • Lent • Spirituality/Prayer • * Religion News & Commentary • Other Churches • Roman Catholic
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Posted March 16, 2010 at 4:20 am
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