Heart of the City by Steenz for March 17, 2011

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    Calvin Nelson Nelson Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Ad Heart’s mom is giving up withholding candy for lent. Dun dun dun!

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    jeff_white  over 13 years ago

    I Wish Mark Tatulli would give up running reruns for Lent.

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    peter0423  over 13 years ago

    The best Lenten sacrifice I ever made was, one year, to try for those forty days not to be a jerk and think everything was all about Me.

    It turned out to be a pretty deep experience.

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    billdi Premium Member over 13 years ago

    “i can resist everything but temptation.” Oscar Wilde

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    Clobbered by Science Premium Member over 13 years ago

    In first grade, I gave up candy for Lent, and I didn’t make it. In second grade, I tried again and didn’t make it. The next year I realized how ridiculous it all was and I never tried to give up anything for Lent again.

    By age 18, I was a firm agnostic and remain so 18 years later. Though by the time I was old enough to be out from under the Lenten no-meat Fridays requirement of my parents, I was a vegetarian.

    @Jeff - I wish people would give up demanding that someone be funny 365 days a year (twice a day for Mark), without ever getting a break. No one owes me a laugh a day, in perpetuity. I enjoy the laughs I get and marvel at the brilliance it must take to deliver them continuously for years.

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago

    God points, Heart?

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    peter0423  over 13 years ago

    Really. Even the Catholic Church no longer thinks of Lent in terms of “giving up” something to get “God points” — the notion of God as some kind of cosmic vending machine is one of the saddest errors that anyone makes. I hope (but I’m probably wrong) that no one is still teaching kids that.

    Lent is taking a time-out and seeing yourself as your really are, in yourself and in relation to others, starting with God. The traditional ways to do that are fasting (not much more self-restraint than skipping a meal), prayer (never a bad idea), and almsgiving (putting others’ needs ahead of your own). If you honestly do those — just as much as you feel moved to — it does you a heck of a lot more good as a human being than those who sanctimoniously swear off smoking or chocolate (but immediately go right back to them afterward), and still are mean-spirited S.O.B.s to everyone around them.

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    cybergal29  over 13 years ago

    I was baptilzed Catholic, but not raised it so I have no idea what Lent was until SCAATY_423 explained it.

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    Decepticomic  over 3 years ago

    rerun

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