we're giving up church for Lent
I don't know why people don't do it more often, honestly! Our rector announced that the parish would be using more traditional forms of worship during the Lenten season. Considering that anything more traditional than what we were using previously might have to involve Latin, that doesn't sound too exciting to us. Combine that with her additional request that people consider coming 15 minutes early every Sunday to allow the pre-service interval to be a time of quiet contemplation, and you have what is technically known as a bad scene. In light of that, we decided that our spiritual practice would be better served by worshiping at home; because really, you don't get much in the way of props from God if you spend the whole service seething about how poorly things are being run.
Lest you think us the worst sort of heathens, however, it is worth noting that we did sing with the church choir in a festival yesterday afternoon. Also, we're considering breaking our Church-going fast to check out the Methodists next Sunday: they have an awesome choir!