Lent: Learning to Suffer? Or Learning to Love?
By Michael Gryboski , Christian Post Reporter For Lent this year, one Protestant denomination is calling members to give up something a little more difficult for some: alcohol. The United Methodist Church's Board of Church and Society has asked its
Newt Gingrich said in Scottsdale, Arizona that while he will not attend mass today for Ash Wednesday, he will give up "all desserts" for Lent. His wife Callista joked that she will give up her "opinion." By NBC's Alex Moe SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.
While Lent is traditionally about private sacrifice, with so much talk of religion in the public square, it seems like a good time to consider embracing some collective acts of atonement for the sorry state of human behavior.
Pope Benedict XVI is bringing a segment of his daily papal message to Twitter, beginning Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22.
By Michael Gryboski , Christian Post Reporter For Lent this year, one Protestant denomination is calling members to give up something a little more difficult for some: alcohol. The United Methodist Church's Board of Church and Society has asked its
