In western Christianity, Eastertide, the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the fiftieth day, Pentecost Sunday.
Perhaps Lent is not about giving something up as much as it is embracing something that restores hope, vision, faith, dreams; something that brings life. God died in Christ so that we could have life. Get a life. Live a life. Have a great ...LIFE. So, this Lent instead of giving something up, embrace something, or preferably someone again (God) and practice the presence of God in all things.
"I assure you that whoever believes in me will do the works that I do. They will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father." John 14:12
During Lent we are looking at how Jesus connected with people transformationally in public. Most of what we, as Christian people, do in our cultural context today, is in church. But that is the exact opposite of what Jesus did!
Plenty 2 Share will help us dig deep into the concept of Abundance, Generosity and Sharing. Some of the myths of Generosity will also be explored as well as what it takes to thrive instead of just survive.