I woke up yesterday morning pondering the significance of Ash Wednesday and wondering how I should plan my Lenten journey. Each year I try to focus on something during Lent. In the past I have given up things (like junk food, caffeine, and negative comments); other years I added a new habit (like a devotional, prayer walks, and journaling). The last few weeks leading up to Lent this year have been a bit of a struggle for me as I kept coming up with ideas of practices that might be restorative to my soul but I just couldn’t decide which to do. Time was running out if I wanted a Lenten practice for 2020.

As I thought about how to journey through this Holy Season, (Actually, I question using the phrase Holy Season as I truly believe that every day is holy and all of life a continuous series of…