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Whether or not you’re religious, Lent is the time of year to give up something - usually something you like, such as beer or chocolate - and take time to make a quiet assessment of your life. This year, because of the economy, many people will be giving up their homes or their jobs, and not necessarily for only the 40 days of Lent. Some people may be giving up meals, as well - not because they are trying to make atonement for their sins, but because they can’t afford food and the box from the food bank has to last a week. In other words, Lent is sure to have the penitential pallor appropriate to the season, but not necessarily because that’s a choice/Kathy Hedberg, Lewiston Tribune. More here.
Question: Have you been forced to give up something for Lent due to the economic situation rather than religious observance?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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tarynahecker on March 03 at 6:24 p.m.
Wine. Good beer. A haircut. Meat.
The use of my passenger side car door which has been stuck shut for weeks but isn’t more of a necessity than food or heat.
I’ve already cut out a lot of extras so I decided to take a different approach to lent and cut out hateful thoughts and anger.
Sam on March 03 at 6:30 p.m.
My wages are getting cut, which is public info so I can acknowledge it, and basically I’m not giving up anything as of now.
Last night to commiserate I went out for drinks, errr, I mean, stimulated the economy.
Stickman on March 03 at 8:00 p.m.
Giving up meat makes Taryn a true hero to me. Thanks. And for the animals as well.
tarynahecker on March 04 at 7:43 a.m.
OK Stickman, now I feel bad. Nowhere near a hero :) If somebody else bought me a steak, I’d still eat it. But honestly I eat a lot less meat nowadays. More pasta. It stretches farther.