Today marks the beginning of Lent and it will continue for the next 46 days until Saturday, the 23^rd of April.  In Western Christianity Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (March 9^th) and concludes on Holy Saturday.  The six Sundays in Lent are not counted among the forty days of Lent because each Sunday represents a “mini-Easter”, a celebration of Jesus’ victory over sin and death.  Unfortunately, Lent has some baggage associated with it.  I thin...