For many Christians, Lent is about giving up something delicious for 40 days as an exercise of willpower, and Ash Wednesday is the confident beginning of this fast before Hershey’s Special Dark bars...

One of my earliest memories of Lenten disciplines is from when I was just seven or eight years old. My parents asked us children what we were planning to give up for 40 days, and being the selfless little...

On March 5, 2014, the Christian Church will mark the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent through the celebration of Ash Wednesday. Although much of the liturgical church year has fallen out of practice...