Lent 2013 - Prayer

Greetings Friends and Family -

Here we are again, together, at the beginning of the Holy Season of Lent.  This will be the 5th year of me spending time each day from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday, giving you a bit of the thoughts which ramble around in my head.

As a brief reminder, this whole thing started as a way to honor the tradition of "giving something up" for Lent.  I had decided to change that a bit to "giving something out" instead.

Since we last met here, lots has changed in my life.  I made the decision, after much prayer and discernment, to leave my job of almost 9 years and strike out for something new.  The calling I had been feeling to become a local employer and business owner, finding a way to combine my work life and my service life, resulted in a new adventure.  Starting this past December, I became part owner of a local IT services firm which provides a variety of technology solutions to faith-based institutions, non-profits and associations.  (for more info on my work life, you can view my LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3003203&trk=tab_pro)

As a part of all of this, I think I have spent more time in prayer during the past year than at any other point in my life.  So, the theme for Lent this year is Prayer.  A key question I'd ask each of you to consider during the next 40+ days is this: does Prayer change God or change the one who prays?

I look forward to this journey with each of you and pray that, as we spend time together in prayer, we are able to see changes...in the world around us, in those for whom we pray and in each of us.

Peace.