Be the Bee # 121 | Why Easy Isn't Always Best

Lent is hard work, especially when so much of the modern world is designed to make things easy for us! Yet life isn't easy. Can we become the sort of people who learn how to do what's best, even when it's not easy?
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[@susandonnell563]

Thank you for opening my eyes on lent and how to make choices

[@stevenchristoforou1667]

God grant you good strength!

[@georgegeorgeson9101]

Thanks.....great video.....keep them coming

[@CrismariuMihnea]

Steven Christoforou good job...keep it up! "If you make one step toward God...God will make a thousand steps toward you!"

[@danielrentel3425]

Steve, as always, you make an excellent point. But I would like to know: could you make a video on the services of Great Lent? How do the Presanctified Liturgies fit in? And who was St. Andrew of Crete?

[@stevenchristoforou1667]

Yeah, this would be super helpful.
We're actually working on a separate miniseries on the various services of the Church. So we'll probably wait to cover this topic in that series (which should be ready next year).

[@167276]

Can you make another challenge for the period after lent is over

[@stevenchristoforou1667]

Thanks for the suggestion! We tried it last year, a weekly Journey to Pentecost. Yet people were so tired after Lent that it was hard to keep up.
We'll keep looking into it and see if we can design something for next year. Let us know if you have any ideas or suggestions!