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Tag: fasting

Lent 2015

Lent comes early this year. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season, is tomorrow. Christmas Day is the same day every year on the calendar. Easter moves around…something about the phases of the moon. I’m not sure. Lent has been a part of the …

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Church Calendar, Church Fathers, easter, fasting, Jesus, Lent, Liturgy, N.T. Wright, peeps, prayer, reading, Scripture, traditionLeave a Comment on Lent 2015February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 By Derek Vreeland

Lent 2014

It is time to change the mood. It is time to pull back. It is time to rethink, restart, repent. It is the season of Lent. I am preparing myself for Lent now for the seventh time. I have been practicing Lent since 2008,  when …

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fasting, Lent, N.T. WrightLeave a Comment on Lent 2014March 4, 2014March 4, 2014 By Derek Vreeland

Reading Ideas for Lent

Ash Wednesday is tomorrow! We are just about 12 hours away from beginning our 40-day journey through Lent. I have been spending the day getting ready for Ash Wednesday. We are hosting services at Word of Life Church at 7AM, Noon, & 7PM in our …

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Ash Wednesday, Book of Common Prayer, Church Calendar, Church Year, fasting, Lent, Liturgy, Mark Noll, N.T. WrightLeave a Comment on Reading Ideas for LentFebruary 22, 2012 By Derek Vreeland

Why I Practice Lent

I have been a follower of Jesus for 26 years, spending all of my time worshiping in churches not known for observing the church calendar, not known for following many of the ancient traditions of the Church. The truth is that all local churches have …

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Ash Wednesday, Christian traditions, fasting, Lent, N.T. Wright, repentance, Simply Jesus, the bunny song1 Comment on Why I Practice LentFebruary 16, 2012 By Derek Vreeland
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