I have a terrible confession, which is that I actually often get a little bit nervous around Lent because I found that it is perhaps a little bit superstitious, but I have generally found it to be quite a spiritually potent time. I have often found it to be a season of apocalypse in the true sense of the word, which is an unveiling of what is happening in our lives and what is happening between other people. So I always get a little bit nervous around it. But I also try to trust in God's hands and ask him what he's doing in my life. And I guess one other thing that has been helpful is something you said:that it's also about community and it's about what is God doing in our community and how do we celebrate this with community.

And that can help us also be faithful in Lent because it's not just on our own effort and this isolated thing. And it can be adding something rather than taking something away. You know, not just trying to fast, but trying to be more attentive, trying to read Bread and Wine every day, trying to do one thing that brings you closer to God.

On the Another Life podcast, Norann Voll and Joy Marie Clarkson discuss how they are observing Lent.