{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mark D. Roberts","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/markdroberts","author_name":"Mark D. Roberts","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/markdroberts\/author\/mroberts","title":"Live Blogging Lent: Lent is Odd - Mark D. Roberts","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E8QGzwMWzW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/markdroberts\/2010\/02\/live-blogging-lent-lent-is-odd.html\">Live Blogging Lent: Lent is Odd<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/markdroberts\/2010\/02\/live-blogging-lent-lent-is-odd.html\/embed#?secret=E8QGzwMWzW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Live Blogging Lent: Lent is Odd&#8221; &#8212; Mark D. Roberts\" data-secret=\"E8QGzwMWzW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Part 2 of series: Live Blogging Lent Permalink for this post \/ Permalink for this series Lent is odd. There are several reasons for this. One has to do with the length of Lent. If you were to ask people how long Lent is, you\u2019d probably hear \u201cforty days.\u201d This period of time is usually&hellip;"}