Emphasis Preaching Journal
A holy Lent
Commentary
Imagine life in a northern farming community a couple of centuries ago. It's early March. The sun is getting brighter and the days longer, but snow still covers the ground and it is bitterly cold. Food stored away at the fall harvest is dwindling, perhaps down to shriveled turnips or rutabagas or whatever it may be that is everyone's least favorite meal. The chickens are laying less, if at all; perhaps a weasel crept into the barn over the winter and killed the flock.
