Pastor's Corner: Lent 2021 - perhaps more than you may want to know

The Greater Havre Area Ministerial Association attempts to have one of its members write an article for the Religion page of the Havre Daily News each Friday, and I received the honor for producing this week's article. This year, Lent begins next Wednesday, Feb. 17, Ash Wednesday so perhaps it might be a good idea to write a bit about the origin of Lent and its purpose.

For those of the Roman Catholic faith, Lent is a tradition we grew up with, as did many of the mainline Protestant faith traditions, but for some other Christian faith traditions it is not a common practice to observe Lent...