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Date: 19 February 2012 22:26:05
Tuesday and Wednesday this week brings Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. It brings in the start of the most relective time for a Christian. The Orthodox church marks Lent and Easter at a different time to us as they follow the Julian calendar, but the western Christian church will be entering Lent. Many people fast or give up something they like. I should give up chocolate but I admit that I am not strong enough for that! However, I also love crisps! I love love love crisps! So, like I did last year, I'll be giving them up. It's a time to think about our relationship with God, and to think baout our learning about our faith and about scripture. I do read my Bible and I do take instruction from it, although the Anglican church does not necessarily subscribe to the idea that the Bible is the literal word of God. It is still instructive, guiding and comforting to read.