Chanequa Walker-Barnes, a professor of practical theology and pastoral care at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia, has an unusual approach to Lent.
Instead of giving up chocolate or fasting, “sometimes I’ll say I’m giving up self-neglect,” she told me.
The reaction from others surprised her: “First friends, and then strangers told me they were following the Lenten challenge.
Dr. Walker-Barnes is one of many Christians who are reclaiming Lent, the 40 days of reflection, repentance and self-denial before Easter.
The earliest Christians marked the lead-up to Easter with a short period of fasting and repentance.
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Columbia Theological Seminary, Ash
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Georgia, Rome