Local Man Gives Up Lent for Lent
The religious observance of fasting and prayer known as Lent, which began on Wednesday, March 1 and ends Thursday, April 13, is quickly coming to a close.
Observed by many branches of the Christian faithful--from Anglican to Catholic to Lutheran to Methodist and even some Evangelicals--this event is traditionally a time of sacrifice or abstention.
That's why this year for Lent, local man, Willy Nihly, is abstaining from Lent.
"I felt the best way to observe Lent was to give it up," Willy offered. "I mean, what better way to sacrifice than to sacrifice sacrifice? Or, if I can say it this way, what better way to give up things than to give up giving things up?"
This is Willy's twentieth time participating so this year of observing non-observance has presented a unique set of ch...