Depending on your church background you may or may not 'do Lent'. As someone who is part of a Baptist church, my experience is that Lent is a bit of a hit and miss, take it or leave it, season. Although I get the sense that it has gained in popularity in recent years as churches have seen it as an opportunity to engage with the Bible and their community, and the number of 'Lent courses' have multiplied. Part of this may be influenced by an increasing number of churches of different flavours working together - which is a very positive trend.
Last year as a family we signed up for 40 Acts - rather than a focus of giving something up for Lent, the focus was on actively making generous choices throughout Lent. Some of those were very little things - but as is often the case - small things can have a big impact on someone else.
So I'd encourage you to have a look at 40 Acts and see if this is something you could get involved in this year, starting on Wednesday 18 February.
