Comments on: Giving up stuff for Lent.

By: I heart Gayle | The Spirited Nerd

I heart Gayle | The Spirited Nerd — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:18:30 +0000

[...] before I took my leave of absence from Facebook, Twitter, text messages and BBM (cuz, until Easter, this is how I roll) it was public knowledge that I was searching for a church in SoCal. My church back in [...]

By: ex Christian

ex Christian — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:53:10 +0000

I found this article because I googled lent bragging. I have a cousin who not only tells everyone she encounters, multiple, multiple times that she has given up chocolate, but has also requested to a group of people coming to her house for a dinner on Easter Sunday to bring her chocolate ('cause she gave it up for lent, in case they didn't get that the last 20 times she told them).

I was looking it up because I always thought it was something between you and god, not something intended to be used to gain public kudos for. Of course, that is her gig – telling everyone everything she does in the name of god so they can congratulate her – another friend of mine calls it her 'give me a cookie" syndrome. People like this push more people away from Christianity than draw them in, imho.

By: Brian S.

Brian S. — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:16:19 +0000

You should go back to your Irish roots and become Catholic again. =] I'm sure that you will be welcomed back in. The Roman Catholic Church is the true church founded by Saint Peter. "And I say to thee. thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18

By: Dan Lower

Dan Lower — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:24:42 +0000

I gave up "that's what she said" and other sexual innuendo one year. Because the bounds of what 'giving up sexual innuendo' mean are kind of blurry and thus bad for a neurotic like myself, I set the bounds at "making innuendo or intentionally giving someone else the opportunity for innuendo." I was pretty legalistic about it, not least because for every violation of the sacrifice that wasn't on Sunday (not counting for Lent? Then it's not counting as a sacrifice day), anyway, for all violations I had to give $2 to a service trip group going to Nicaragua.

I screwed up at -least- 35 times. Just to be safe I paid $80. The Nicaragua trip people were pretty happy about it, though.

This year I might try it, but actually, you know, do better at it.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:14:00 +0000

haha I gave up the computer for lent and so I didn’t read this till just now, i am going back to read all the posts I missed!

By: Crystal G

Crystal G — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:01:00 +0000

Also don’t forget the wonderful thing of no meat on Friday other than fish.

As a Catholic who married an Independent Bible Baptist the concept of Lent didn’t go over well in our household. The only thing I could get the husband to agree too was the no meat.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:07:00 +0000

“We gave up fast food once and it went well, but we got sick at our stomachs the first time we ate fast food after Lent. Guess that was a sign from God not to do Lent again. LOL!”

I’d say it’s a sign from God not to eat fast food anymore…

By: i'mthechief

i'mthechief — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:21:00 +0000

this is my first year to do lent. i’m giving up cokes because my body is totally addicted to caffeine. so far, each monday, i’ve had a migraine as i go through “withdrawal” again. no joke.

it’s been…interesting. i’m trying to figure out the right balance between experiencing the physical suffering, and focusing on what Christ did on the cross. it can be hard to do both, and i think the purpose of lent has been misunderstood…it’s not to give something up, or just to experience some kind of physical suffering. i think the focus has been on the “giving stuff up” part, and not enough focus on Christ.

but it’s my first lent, so i’m not sure how it really works yet.

i didn’t consider giving up tv, because i didn’t consider myself addicted to it. but now that you’ve mentioned march madness…i’m super glad that’s not what i gave up…

By: bug

bug — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:18:00 +0000

This year I gave up all books that were not Christian nonfiction books. I usually say I'm going to give something up, but never do. I did miss ash Wednesday so, do i need to tack on a couple days at the end?

By the way, I am fully aware that this post was posted a while ago, I just felt like replying.

hannah

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:01:00 +0000

Coffee...my beloved coffee.
At least that's easier to stick to than giving up TV.
Unless you count coffee candy.
Or coffee cake.

Yikes! It's not as cut and dry!