"We cannot create growth within ourselves. It is the work of God to create growth and transformation within us. However, we can tend the garden. I can stir up the soil. I can pull out this weed that is crowding other things out. I can tend with my time, my prayer, and my fasting. And when I tend the garden of my soul, that promotes a place for God‘s growth to happen during this season of Lent."
In this first week of Lent, Bishop Alex describes how this interruption to our regular lives is a gift to us, an opportunity to slow down and support the work of God in our lives.