This year, our family looks very different (just four of us) as I think about preparing for Lent. We also hope to be moving back to the Solomon Islands in the midst of that thoughtful time. So, I'm making plans, but holding things loosely, too. As usual, we'll be celebrating with food. We've already enjoyed Shrove Tuesday with Semlar from "The Great Holiday Baking Book" by Beatrice Ojakangas.
Katherine is quickly stepping up to fill Sarah's absent shoes as star baker in the Choate household. She helped me make the dough and piped all of the cream for the Semlar. She also begged to be the one to cut in the butter when we made the dough for the Danish Carnival Buns for breakfast this morning. All of this yummy celebration will come to a screeching halt tomorrow.
Some new-to-us books we are trying this season:
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Pasion and Power of Easter edited by Nancy Guthrie
Lent and Easter Wisdom from G.K. Chesterton
We will also be listening to various settings of the Penitential Psalms, especially the ones by Orlande de Lassus, to help us focus our hearts and minds on Jesus and the work of the cross. I'm really showing my music geek self as I compile the lists and texts of these psalms. From Des Prez all the way to Stravinsky, composers have been searching these psalms to inspire their creativity and to draw hearts into worship.
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