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phjrsaunt wrote:I'm just a little Presbyterian girl from the country. I don't do Lent.

We had this chat at work..
since I go out for Fat Tuesday.. (I spent about $200 on beads this year)

I figure that I don't get to do the fun part and skip the not so fun part..

don't get half a Celebration...

ragtopW wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:I'm just a little Presbyterian girl from the country. I don't do Lent.

We had this chat at work..
since I go out for Fat Tuesday.. (I spent about $200 on beads this year)

I figure that I don't get to do the fun part and skip the not so fun part..

don't get half a Celebration...

You can make up phor it at FFF

I've given up booze... and caffine. Not for Lent though.. for the kid i'm growing.. lol. There are days I wish it was just for Lent so I could fail and repent.

I refuse to give up chocolate.. especially when I can't have vodka.

Beer!!!!...not alcohol though!!....tough though!!!...but i stick to the no meat on Fridays!!!

thank GOD I'm a heathen!

CindaBee wrote:thank GOD I'm a heathen!

me too!!!

popcornjack wrote:I'm gonna give up predicting concert dates. And celibacy. I always give up celibacy. Unfortunately, no one ever helps me with it.

So what you're saying is you want to be empty handed

I noticed you did not mention Shiner Santa

I guess Dr. Pepper is tough enough

I'm giving up religion for lent.

sonofabeach wrote:I noticed you did not mention Shiner Santa

I guess Dr. Pepper is tough enough

I haven't had a Shiner since April they don't sell it in Boise anymore..
i have only had one beer since Christmas..

I don't eat meat on Fridays during Lent. And during Lent I give up Tastykakes.

I love being Lutheran this time of year... don't do Lent.

ragtopW wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:I'm just a little Presbyterian girl from the country. I don't do Lent.

We had this chat at work..
since I go out for Fat Tuesday.. (I spent about $200 on beads this year)

I figure that I don't get to do the fun part and skip the not so fun part..

don't get half a Celebration...

Santa, I love your sense of duty!

I've never belonged to a church that encouraged or preached "giving up" something for Lent. I just do it for the spiritual discipline. Part of the discipline of doing it, though, is that you're not supposed to tell anyone, so I don't always make the grade!

When I belonged to a Presbyterian Church in North Georgia (Dalton), one year we all wore a heavy cross made of nails on a strip of rawhide for Lent. They gave them out at the Ash Wednesday service. It was so interesting to see people all over town at the grocery store, nurses in the doctors' examining room, etc. wearing those crosses. That was the spring my son learned to ride a bike, and I'll always remember his look of joy with that cross dangling around his neck and me running after him with mine hitting me in the face.

Hockey Mon wrote:I'm giving up religion for lent.

So you're adopting it the rest of the year. Interesting.

Cocaine, Pot, Oxy-contin, Hookers and nude jello shots. It's going to be a long lent this time

Our Pastor has given me a better perspective on this..."giving up" of stuff for lent. She pointed out it that sometimes it is not something you give up but instead something you add to your life that makes a change in a positive way. I am sure she is focused on a change that brings you closer to God. That said I can think of several changes that would be positive to me.....but, I probably shouldn't voice them in type. I would love to change my status of being celibate for almost 8 years ...I think that would be a great plus for me and could be a spiritual experience at this point as well.

Vodka Martinis or Frozen Pizza

ragtopW wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:I'm just a little Presbyterian girl from the country. I don't do Lent.

We had this chat at work..
since I go out for Fat Tuesday.. (I spent about $200 on beads this year)

I figure that I don't get to do the fun part and skip the not so fun part..

don't get half a Celebration...

So THAT'S where I'm doing wrong, I'm skipping the fun part AND the not so fun part.

phjrsaunt wrote:I'm just a little Presbyterian girl from the country. I don't do Lent.

I'm not Presbyterian--Disciples of Christ (First Christian), but we don't do Lent either.

pojo wrote:I love being Lutheran this time of year... don't do Lent.

same here

just have to avoid the lefse and lutefisk dinners