March issue of Café considers adding something for Lent

March issue of Cafe considers adding something for Lent
by Frank Imhoff, ELCA News Service

"What are you giving up for Lent?" is the question that launches
the Rev. Laura E. Gentry's exploration of Lent for Cafe, the
electronic magazine of Women of the ELCA. Gentry is the pastor
for Waterville Lutheran Church, Waterville, and Our Savior
Lutheran Church, Lansing, both congregations of the ELCA
Northeastern Iowa Synod. After years of struggling with the
notion of giving up something for Lent, she decided it would be
more appropriate to add something for Lent. "Adding something
for Lent" is Gentry's cover article for the March 2006 issue of
Cafe. "I've sampled various disciplines and discovered myriad
treasures," she wrote, sharing ideas from a monastic mantra to a
contemplative praying of Scripture. Gentry also provided "Faith
Reflections" that accompany the article, offering even more
spiritual disciplines. "Lent remains an exciting opportunity for
renewal. Our outward spiritual disciplines invite inward
transformation," she wrote.

Cafe includes a "Coffee Talk" section where readers can share
their ideas on the issue's key questions. The online magazine
also has a "Tip Jar" with suggestions Gentry has for books or Web
sites to read, as well as other Women of the ELCA resources.
Women of the ELCA is the women's organization of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America.

Links:

The Rev. Laura E. Gentry
http://www.thegentryjoint.com/

Cafe, the electronic magazine of Women of the ELCA
http://www.womenoftheELCA.org/cafe/

ELCA Northeastern Iowa Synod
http://neiasynod.org/

the March 2006 issue of Cafe
http://www.womenoftheELCA.org/cafe/0307/hottopic.html

"Coffee Talk"
http://www.womenoftheELCA.org/cafe/0307/coffeetalk.asp

"Tip Jar"
http://www.womenoftheELCA.org/cafe/0307/tipjar.html

Women of the ELCA
http://www.womenoftheELCA.org