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Lent Amid the Pandemic: Turning Away From Despair and Toward God
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Deseret News
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Although his father was a pastor, the Rev. Tim Phenna himself took an unlikely road to the pulpit of Calvary Church in Golden, Colorado. “I was a high school dropout and had a pretty rebellious period,” he said. “I guess God wouldn’t let go of me and, in my later teenage years, I had a…
6 Reasons to Observe Lent (Even if You’re Not Catholic)
By
Jennifer E. Jones
Ash Wednesday is February 22nd and so begins the season of Lent. I grew up a non-denominational Christian and had little experience with Lent. In fact, I remember working at a bookstore and wondering why, one particular evening, about a quarter of all our customers had dark crosses smeared on their foreheads. What I learned…
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