The time of year is coming upon us when we look deeply at the self: the day-to-day self and the higher self (the “soul-self” or spiritual self). We call this time of year Lent. If you grew up in a church it’s likely that when you were a child you were challenged to give something up that you really liked, “for Lent.” Back then, that was how we experienced “repentance;” another word for it would be deprivation, as that was how we sometimes experienced it. But at the same time, it was a spiritual challenge, the first “discipline” of the young Christian life. It was somehow supposed to make us stronger, wiser, more spiritual, more loving. Did it work for you?

In the earliest centuries of Christian life, Lent was a 40-day observance of repentance and reflection, incorporated with biblical and doctrinal teaching, in preparation for being baptized on Easter morning.

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Summer Music Camp
"Rescue in the Night"

Giovani Lieti from “Le Nozze di Figaro” by W.A. Mozart arranged
by Patrick Liebergen 

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