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Oh Lord throughout these 40 days

You prayed and kept the fast, inspired repentance for our sake, and free us from our past. The Lenten hymn, O Lord, throughout these 40 days, where did Lent come from and why do Christians

celebrated? Has it always been, as many think it is, perhaps mistakenly, a dark season, a sad season.

Greetings in, welcome to issues, etc.

Coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in

Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin.

Thanks for tuning us in.

We'll be talking about the origins of Lent with Dr. John Bumbaro.

He's author of a column titled A History of Lint's Somber Complexion.

We will be talking with Dr. Paul Robbie in the conclusion of our three-part series with him on

Isaiah, Chapter 13 through 27, and then we'll make the case for natural marriage

with Brad Wilcox, professor of sociology and director of the National

Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.

Dr. John Bumbaro is special project supervisor at the Naval Chaplaincy School in Newport, Rhode Island.

He's author of a column titled A History of Lent, Lentz somber complexion.

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