Dear Friends,

The season of Lent is upon us again!  Wednesday 1 March is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, that 40 day period of preparation for Easter.  So will you do about it?

I recently reads these words in a book about Celtic Christianity: “Lent is meant to be a time for us to gain an understanding, through giving something up, of what it means to sacrifice.  Then, by the time we get to the Easter weekend and contemplate the death of Christ on the cross, w...