Make Positive Activity Vows for Lent

What Positive Actions Vows will you make for Lent? Would you like to make comments on any of the general idea?

Share your thoughts and experiences with your Lenten devotions and Positive Activity Vows.

Please note that the comments that appear below are the opinions of the person submitting the comment and not necessarily share by the church.

Here Is What Was Shared

I promise to not "look thru" people, but to study their faces and try to understand their lives.
I promise to not "look thru" people, but to study their faces and their tasks and to try better to understand the joys and hardships of their lives.

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02/01/2008 03:06 PM

One Hard Phone Call
I promise to make a phone call to one difficult person each week.

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02/02/2008 03:27 PM

Positive activity for Lent
I promise to call two elderly, and rather cranky friends, and visit for as long as they want.

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02/05/2008 11:10 AM

write a letter
I promise the write a good, long, interesting letter to a friend in prison who is serving a 40 year sentence.

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02/08/2008 08:05 AM

grace
I promise to say grace...even if it is privately...before each meal during lent.

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02/08/2008 12:20 PM

Kindness
I promise to seek an opportunity each day to say something encouraging to someone, and pray for God's blessings on that person.

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02/08/2008 03:54 PM

Thank someone
During lent I will write one letter each day saying thank you to those who have touched my life in a positive way.

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Russell
02/11/2008 07:44 PM

Plain Old Names
I have been doing the daily prayer exercises in "Unbinding Your Heart." When I came to Week 2: Thursday (page 129)and the list of names, I was brought to a greater appreciation of one of my standard disciplines. That is, I pray for the people listed on one page of the church directory each day. I had just done that for today (February 22) when I got to the "Plain Old Names" prayer exercise. As I sat with the directory in my lap, per the instructions, I did have a fresh and powerful sense of God presence and protection for the people of our congregation and another affirmation of my conviction that praying for each other is the most important thing we can do for our church.

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Norm
02/21/2008 10:25 AM

opps
My brain slipped a calendar cog. Today is February 21.

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Norm
02/21/2008 10:28 AM