Lent is a season of reflection. It comes from an Old English word meaning "a lengthening." As the days of spring become longer, nature sings a song of renewed life, energy and growth. The emerald tinted leaves, the gentle wafting breezes, the richer blue azure of the sky all harmonize their beauty in spring's eternal symphony of life.

During Lent we Christians are called upon to reflect together on the final weeks of Christ's ministry. We remember his betrayal, arrest and suffering upon the cross. Lent is a time for us to reflect, as well, on our own discipleship. It examines with the forensic skill of a pathologist our own motivations in serving the Messiah. Like a deep sea fisherman plunging to the coral reef below, we, too, plunge below the surface and examine who we are and why we are…