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2021/02/21 By Barry Leave a Comment

It’s the first Sunday in Lent

It’s the first Sunday in Lent, not these Sundays are in Lent, not of Lent. It doesn’t seem to make a huge difference but if Lent is forty days long and you count all the calendar days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday you get more than forty. The Sundays aren’t counted so the math […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: Lent, Lent 1, preaching

2020/03/01 By Barry Leave a Comment

Another year means another Lent

Like clockwork, various things come up every year. Birthdays, anniversaries, Advent, Christmas, . . . and Lent. Lent is a bit different than most of our yearly things because it moves around the calendar. Christmas is always December 25, Canada Day is always July 1, but Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent can be […]

Filed Under: Lent, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: good or bad, Lent 1, Matt 4:1-11, preaching

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