On Lent, spring, and strategic autonomy

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

hole in my sock
letting spring
in

~ Raymond Roseliep, as quoted in The Christian Century’s January 2024 issue

When New Year comes I told myself, ah, I missed my chance of writing down some New Year resolutions - but never mind that, there’s still Lunar New Year, and after that, Nowruz, right?

Both have now passed too, but it’s still Lent - for almost two weeks, and daylight saving is about to kick in here in Europe this Sunday; while the European Parliament voted in favour of abolishing it in 2019 implementation is still lagging.

Lent on Pensées de Michel

On Lent, spring, and strategic autonomy