Late but it is still Lent

I do that whole Lent thing. I am not Catholic, and that whole denomination thing does not mean much to me (although I do develop a bit of pride when one talks about John Wesley…Blame it on my early socialization in the Methodist church).

But I still do that whole Lent thing. I like it for numerous reasons. If you want elaboration…just ask.

Anywho…back to the point of this post. I mulled over many ideas in preparation for the 40 days leading up to Easter. I had really wanted to do a Daniel Fast for the entire 40 days, but after partaking in one at the beginning of the semester I found Pepperdine’s caf lacking in even vegetarian friendliness. So essentially, I would starve. I am all in favor of actual 40 day fasts, but uh…unless God writes it in the sky for me, I will not be trying to kill myself through fasting any time soon.

40 days of Daniel is a different story though, but Dorm living makes it incredibly difficult. When I have an apartment and am allowed a rice cooker, blender, and George Foreman this will be an entirely different story. Better luck next year!

Anywho…back to what I am actually doing for Lent. In attempts to become a better communicator, I felt led to give up a form of communication. Tricky huh?

So, for Lent I will be fasting (ha…had to get it in there somewhere!) from conversational text messaging.

Yes, I still want to hear about your day, but please just call me. 15 minutes on the telephone is so much more personal than 15 text messages.

Do not leave me lonely because your phobia of phone conversations triumphs over talking.

If you have a funny story to tell me…I would much rather hear you laugh out loud than reading “lol, bahaha, or lmao” twelve times.

If something is actually not going well, how I am supposed to be able to interpret that in a text message?

Oh, and do not even get me started on text message sarcasm, context, or interpretation…

All in all…let’s talk. Let me hear your voice, and you can hear mine.

Happy Lent season folks: let’s make this last longer than 40 days.

Let’s communicate.

Let’s have Jesus’ resurrection on the brain all of the time J