by Ken Sehested | Mar 15, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The traditional emphases of Lent — prayer, fasting and almsgiving — are intensely personal but never merely private. Heyr himna smiður (“Hear, Heavenly Creator”), a 12th century Icelandic poem, states: “Listen, smith [artisan] of the heavens, what the poet asks. / May...
