I don't give up things for Lent. I undertake things to add. For me it's a season of intense focus and reflection on my life in Christ.

Ours is a congregation of overcomers. Real Life is dreary enough. Sankey songs tend to describe some aspect of real life and the human condition, and then uplift it.

Sankey was a revivalist, and I guess so is our Sat. nite music-- encouragement to people who know the hard side of life well. Sunday AM is the more serious side of our parish. Funny, it's our Sat. group that has been growing. We don't sugarcoat... we just set a tone that life is really pretty wacky.

~Susan