The Word Among Us

Lent 2008 Issue

A Little Less of Me

"To part with yourself—
that's asking a lot."

March rain pelted the windows as the cantors chanted the ancient but timely command (see Joel 2:12-16):

Call an assembly. Gather the people. Proclaim a fast. Lent had begun. I settled into the incense and the season with a deep sigh, ready...

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