Lent is not about giving up stuff.

Lent is about the preparation of our hearts for what God has done in Christ.

The Anglican Bishop Rowan Williams reminds us:

“The word ‘Lent’ itself comes from the old English word for Spring. It’s not about feeling gloomy for forty days. It’s not about making yourself miserable for forty days. It’s not even about giving things up for forty days. Lent is spring time. It’s about preparing for that great climax of Spring time, Easter: new life bursting through death… self-denial isn’t an end in itself but to sweep and clean the room of our own minds and hearts so that the New Life might really have room to come in and take over and transform us at Easter.”

Here are some ideas on how to discern your Lenten Sacrifice: