Giles Fraser is one of the first columns I turn to in the Church Times and this week he writes very simply on Lent.

We are too often far too purpose driven and concerned about what, and how many, outcomes are being achieved through our general busy-ness. I know this is often the case for me as I do not feel I have achieved anything unless I have ticked off at least 5 tasks before my coffee break at 10!

Lent is a time, says Fraser, when we could give up this purpose driven lifestyle with its obsession with targets and do things to reflect, or find ‘space’ without asking what we can achieve from the time.

‘Lent – a time to laze with God’ – I like that idea!