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Man, I used to be so into Lent. It really sneaks up on us this year. A week from now is Ash Wednesday. The church where my wife grew up used to have a big pancake dinner on Fat Tuesday. That sounds like a lot of fun. They would bring toppings and have a fabulous time.

 I guess that brings me to why I haven’t been into Lent recently. Lent has an air of somberness and introspection. I guess I’ve done plenty of that up to this point in my life. So Fat Tuesday fits my mood a little bit better right now. Celebrate! Don’t worry about tomorrow. Ash Wednesday will take care of itself.

There’s still a place for introspection, certainly a place for repentence, all that good Lenten journey stuff. But I’ll be whipping up a nice batch of pancakes this Tuesday, and I may just wish people an oxymorinic “happy Lent!”