February Poll Results: Northward Bound

Well, it looks like my North American breatheren make up the majority of IJHAW readers, which is probably for the best because I'm probably most familiar with the contemporary American church, so that's the typical perspective I come from. Plus, I really only know English and a little bit of Spanish, and that's probably ruling out a lot of potential readers in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Eventually I may have to work on that, but for now, it is what it is.

Oh, and whoever cast the vote saying they live in Antartica, either you're a penguin with very good technical skills, or you're not being entirely truthful. I'm calling shennanigans on that one!

March's poll brings up one of the annual discussions between myself and my best friend Wade, who is a Lutheran pastor. He asks what my church is doing for Lent, and I would tell him that my church (and denomination, the Assemblies of God) doesn't celebrate Lent. Then he'll ask why, and I'll explain that they view it as an old tradition that isn't biblically supported as something everyone should do during the season. However, I will make certain sacrafices for Lent if I feel so called by the Lord.

I'm probably in the minority on this one, but I'm curious to find out what everyone else does, from the strict observance, to the non-traditional observance, to the non-observance, and to the non-observant. And don't worry, nobody will think any less of you whatever you pick, since it's for research purposes only.