This is a music thread. Work with me here, and read on.

Ash Wednesday follows Shrove Tueday (Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras) this week. In our denomination, and many others, an ashen cross is worn on the forehead to signify our faith, on this day.

For many, Lent is a season of penitential denial-- people "give things up." In our church, Hardiman urges us to ADD things we'd like to make larger parts of our faith journey. To do this we have to, sometimes, give up certain things to make more room for the good things. (One can give up complaining, for example, in order to make more room for celebrating.)

Now Sundays in Lent (and by extension, our Saturday night service) are not actually part of Lent-- they are celebratory, not penitential... festivals within the larger season of Lent. Prayerful and reflective, certainly, as we consider the holiday that approaches, but not grim!

So-- my QUESTION is, what music might you suggest to me for this year's Lenten season? Hymns and other music-- for I will be playing my way through this Lent, you see, at home, with friends, and in church... What would fit with the Lent I have just described?

Or, what are you planning for your Lenten music?

And hey-- GOD BLESS MUDCAT DIVERSITY.

~Susan

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