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Beyond chocolate

How about giving up Facebook for Lent?

Posted: February 18, 2010 at 4:37 a.m.

When Troy Thomas realized he was spending too much time on Facebook he decided to give up it up — at least temporarily. The United Methodist pastor will be avoiding the social networking site during the 40 days of Lent, which began this week on Ash Wednesday.

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Religion, Pages 27 on 02/18/2010

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