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Post by twyrch on Feb 10, 2005 12:04:51 GMT -5
I know this is a personal question, but did anyone participate in this yesterday? If so, what are you planning on giving up until lent?
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Post by dotty on Feb 10, 2005 16:07:25 GMT -5
I personally didn't participate, but I have a friend that gave up cursing. Erm....last I heard from her, she wasn't doing too well with it either ;D I found it rather funny, but she's going to give it a serious go  |
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Post by twyrch on Feb 10, 2005 16:53:23 GMT -5
I personally didn't participate, but I have a friend that gave up cursing. Erm....last I heard from her, she wasn't doing too well with it either ;D I found it rather funny, but she's going to give it a serious go Are you talking about Elenwen? She wrote in her Xanga that she was giving up cursing. My co-worker, Michelle gave up Pepsi. I'm glad I'm Protestant. I'd hate to give something up for 40 days....  |
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Post by dinadan on Feb 10, 2005 16:56:10 GMT -5
It's customary even among some protestant churches to give up something for Lent.
I didn't do Ash Wednesday this year...I felt kind of bad about it, but to be honest I had no idea that Lent was going to start on the 9th of February. Stupid dating holidays by a lunar calendar. If the 8th hadn't been a friend's birthday, I wouldn't even have gone out for Fat Tuesday.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 10, 2005 17:23:01 GMT -5
It's customary even among some protestant churches to give up something for Lent. I didn't do Ash Wednesday this year...I felt kind of bad about it, but to be honest I had no idea that Lent was going to start on the 9th of February. Stupid dating holidays by a lunar calendar. If the 8th hadn't been a friend's birthday, I wouldn't even have gone out for Fat Tuesday. As a Free Methodist, I have never celebrated it... I figure, why start now. But I am curious about it and how other people handle it. |
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Post by dinadan on Feb 10, 2005 17:28:44 GMT -5
Well, it's definitely observed within the United Methodist Church, and the Lutherans keep it too.
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Post by dotty on Feb 10, 2005 17:33:38 GMT -5
Not talking about Elenwen, Jeremy....but a friend of mine IRL  |
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Post by twyrch on Feb 10, 2005 17:37:19 GMT -5
Not talking about Elenwen, Jeremy....but a friend of mine IRL Oh yeah... IRL. I keep forgetting that we have friends IRL.... Dinadan, that could be. Like I said, it just wasn't practiced where I grew up. |
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Post by skyparker on Feb 11, 2005 9:02:35 GMT -5
I didn't participate, but then again, it was just in the past year that I first heard about it.. and I don't really know what it's all about anyway...
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Post by twyrch on Feb 11, 2005 9:28:27 GMT -5
I didn't participate, but then again, it was just in the past year that I first heard about it.. and I don't really know what it's all about anyway... Here is a site to help you understand Ash Wednesday a little better. |
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Post by Dred on Feb 14, 2005 12:38:23 GMT -5
I participated. I help out with a youth group at church and we had some activities with them Wednesday night.
I'm really making a go of giving up cursing as well. It is something I don't do much of but anything is more than what I want. I don't want to swear around people much less around the kids I hope to have in the future.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 14, 2005 13:06:19 GMT -5
I participated. I help out with a youth group at church and we had some activities with them Wednesday night. I'm really making a go of giving up cursing as well. It is something I don't do much of but anything is more than what I want. I don't want to swear around people much less around the kids I hope to have in the future. I'm REALLY trying to not curse any more either... Not just for Lent, but as a rule... I have a 16 mo. old son and I don't want him going over to grandmas saying, @#$%@!#$ all the time.... LOL.... |
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Post by nicked on Feb 17, 2005 10:54:28 GMT -5
i gave up chocolate  |
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Post by Daae on Feb 17, 2005 14:03:47 GMT -5
I don't celebrate Ash Wednesday or Lent, but one of my friends is Catholic, and I think she's having a hard time deciding what to give up for Lent. As for me, my family is pretty much nondenominational, and Ash Wednesday never comes up. I didn't even know that it exsisted when I was younger.
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Post by Charis on Feb 28, 2005 20:34:33 GMT -5
I gave up taking the elevator (but for a reasonable amount of stairs), Ice cream, alcohol and pop.
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