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Giving it up for Lent

3/7/2011

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I've been noticing over the last few days that many people on Face Book are going to try giving up social networking for Lent.  I'm guessing the reasoning behind such decisions have to do with the amount of time people spend on those sites; time that could otherwise be spent doing something else more constructive.  An admirable quest to be sure- I'm all for living more of life than watching life play out on a screen. (well, except maybe for movies but you know me...)
But I'm wondering, if in giving something time consuming up for Lent will enable us to have time for other things, what will folks planning on filling that "extra" time with?  Anything that we "give up" will be replaced by something.  So unless we think through what we will do in the time we have freed up, we may find ourselves in a bit of a quandary come Ash Wednesday.
And this has less to do with FB than it does the whole concept of giving something up for Lent in the first place. 
When we decide, hopefully with some forethought, assessment of lifestyle and hopefully prayer, to alter our lives for seven weeks, what is the reasoning for doing so?
No answers, just food for thought...
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MSpra
8/12/2011 04:15:03 am

I believe people give up things that are not good for them or they give up something they feel guilty about so it all depends on the individual and who is suffering for the time spent on Face Book or any other social network.

Just my opinion and you should know, I do not have a Face Book account. :)

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Russian Women Virginia link
11/30/2022 09:54:08 am

Great read tthanks

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  • Walk to Emmaus- Luke
  • The Unknown God- Acts 17
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  • Jacob/Prodigal Son
  • Jacob/Romans 8
  • Jacob Wrestling and Blessing
  • Jacob learning to live with a limp
  • FTF Timothy
  • The Field is Ready, Genesis/Romans
  • romans 8
  • Philippians 2:1-13
  • Ruth Dinsmore- Acts
  • Philippians 3: 5-14
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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9-20
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-19
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  • Baptism of Jesus Mark 1
  • Mark 1: 14-20
  • Breathe: Mark 1:21-28
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  • Ash Wednesday
  • Backyard Basics 5/Blessings 1
  • Backyard Blessings 2: Generations- Genesis 17
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  • Backyard Blessings 4: Healing Ps 107
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  • Bkyrd Breezes:Isaiah 6/Romans 8
  • Bkyrd Brz: 1 Samuel 3/2 Cor
  • Mustard Seed Annointing
  • Bkyrd Breezes: Courage
  • Mark 6:1-13, Romans 12 Bkrd Breezes: Wisdom
  • Bkyrd Bodybuilding-Core- Ephesians 2
  • Bkyrd Bodybuilding- Cardio- Ephes 3
  • Backyard Bodybuilding: Legs, Back, Chest, Arms!
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  • Mark 9:30-37 Bkyrd Stmbling:Pride
  • Bkyrd Stumbling Blocks: Patriarchy
  • Mark 4 Combined Service
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  • Backyard Bounty: Value
  • Backyard Bounty: Encouragement Mark 13:1-8
  • Backyard Bounty: Abundance!
  • Backyard Birthing: Speak- Advent 3
  • Backyard Birthing: Sing! Luke 1:39-46
  • Christmas Eve- Ressurection
  • Luke 2: 21-40 A Once Over
  • Epiphany- Matthew- Star of Wonder
  • Beyond the Backyard: The Call-
  • Beyond the Backyard: The Message- Luke 4
  • Beyond the Backyard: Words Matter- Jeremiah 1:4-19
  • Beyond the Backyard:
  • Beyond the Backyard: Compassion
  • Beatitudes: Imagine 1
  • Imagine: Beatitudes- Meekness
  • Imagine Beatitudes: No countries: Hungry, Thirsty, Filled
  • Imagine Luke 15
  • Easter Sermon: Mary- Through our Tears
  • Imagine: Beatitudes- Mercy and Pure Heart
  • Imagine Beatitudes: Peacemakers
  • Imaging: Beatitudes- Persecution/Rejoice!
  • New Page
  • Say yes! (Fig Tree/Potter/Ps139)
  • 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Things we leave behind
  • Say Yes: What we Bring- Luke 14
  • Luke16- Lazarus and the Rich Man
  • Luke 17:1-10- increase our faith
  • Luke 18- Widows, Judges, Labels and MIrrors
  • Pharisee, Tax Collector, Mirrors, and Prayer
  • Luke 19:1-10 -Zacchaeus
  • Luke 20:27-38 Seeing Scripture Differently
  • Seeing church differently Luke 21:5-19
  • John 6- Obstacles:Seeing community differently
  • Compassion Advent 2
  • Advent 3 Compassion 3 Mary
  • Advent 4: Compassion/Joseph Mt 1
  • The Nice List- Christmas Eve
  • Baptism of Jesus-Matthew
  • No Matter What: 1. Abraham
  • No Matter What: Jacob
  • No Matter What: Jacob/Tamar
  • No Matter What: Rahab
  • No Matter What: David
  • On the Road Again: Into the Unknown
  • On the Road: Nicodemus
  • Woman at the Well COVID-19
  • On the Road Again: Man Born Blind
  • On The Road Again: The Rest of Us
  • Easter: Up and On the Move-Mt. 28
  • Risen? Or Fake News? Mt. 28: 11-20
  • How the Virus Stole Easter
  • Emmaus, On the Road...Again?
  • Interruptions and Upheavals 2: Acts 2
  • John 14:1-14, 1 Peter 2:2-10
  • Acts 17:22-31 Interruptions and Upheavals 4
  • Know, Share, Go... Together- John 17
  • Acts 2: For Such a Time as This
  • Christ In Us: A Living Sanctuary Matthew 10
  • Christ in Us: Listening to YHWH
  • Christ in Us: Love Anyway
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  • Christ in Us: Abundance- Matthew Sower/Romans 8
  • Christ in Us: Acceptance
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  • Untitled
  • Creation: Forest: Genesis 2:4-14
  • Creation: Land: Genesis 4: