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If Lent were a competitive sport, Rachel Held Evans, author of the bestselling and delightful book A Year of Biblical Womanhood<\/a>, would win this year. She gets points for creativity, vulnerability, simplicity, and a distinctly Paschal practice.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Lent, like origami, isn’t a competitive sport, but a cooperative endeavor of becoming more and more the body of Christ. So go reap the fruit she (and her friends – and her enemies!) have sown<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Lent were a competitive sport, Rachel Held Evans would win this year. She gets points for creativity, vulnerability, simplicity, and a distinctly Paschal practice. 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