User blog comment:LightningD/Lent Updates/@comment-5395222-20130209021331/@comment-5116706-20130211043833

Lent is a 40 day even in the Christian church that symbolizes the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert before his execution. Some people choose to either give up something in their lives that means a lot to them, or to start up something they usually would not do that serves others.