In reading a Lenten meditation written by Frederick Buechner, an American writer and theologian, I came across six questions which he says that ”during Lent, Christians are supposed to ask one way or another what it means to be themselves.” They are taken from his book Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC published in 1973.
Here they are, from the pen of Frederick Buechner, six questions for Lenten reflection.
1. If you had to bet everything you had on whether there is a God or whether there isn’t which side would get your money and why?
2. When you look at your face in the mirror what do you see in it that you most like and what do you see in it that you most deplore?
3. If you had only one last message to leave to a handful of people who are most important to you what would it be in 25 words or less?
4. Of all the things you have done in your life, which is the one you would most like to undo? Which is the one that makes you the happiest to remember?
5. Is there any person in the world, or any cause that if circumstances called for it, you would be willing to die for?
6. If this were the last day of your life, what would you do with it?
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