Day 1 of my “No Television” Lenten discipline challenge came and went without a hitch. Even this morning, things are going fine. I have definitely replaced television watching with copious amounts of radio listening while also vastly increasing my time and effort into my writing. I’ve always believed that the first couple of days will be easy regarding foregoing television. It will be days 3, 4, and 5 where I may start pulling out my hair.

On Day 1, over at my personal blog, I wrote about my changed morning routine that included National Public Radio.

Today, Day 2, after checking my phone for overnight messages, I penned a lengthy post on my changed feelings regarding my iPhone, Apple, and AT&T.

I’m headed back over to church. On this beautiful, but cold and windy, Thursday our church schedule includes the start of preparations for our Samaritans who will serve dinner at the Walk In shelter in Hackensack tomorrow. We were told to expect upwards of 150 people, making our God-pleasing task more blessed. Additionally, tonight at 5:30 we’ll be setting up for our Chinese New Year’s Dinner scheduled for Saturday night. On my schedule, I have to finalize my weekend sermon structure (essentially, I will be outlining my sermon that I will flesh out tomorrow morning), clean up my church office, attend the New Milford Senior Advisory Meeting at 1:30, and respond to someone who sent me a text message at 3am.

Cooking, preparing, texting, and sitting in a meeting — my Thursday schedule.