Are you someone who "doesn't really get" poetry? Do you love poems? I'm hoping to bring together people in both categories in my …
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On Not Taking Lent out on Our Bodies
One year, when I started attending a church that held an Ash Wednesday service, I decided to keep a Christian tradition of fasting …
New and Recent Lent Resources for 2023
If you’re busy organizing children’s, youth, adult, or parish-wide programs for Lent and Holy Week, we’ve got you. We have …
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Pancake Supper Survival Guide
You agreed in a pre-pageant haze to take over this year's Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Lent seemed so far away. Now it's around …
Host a “Good Enough” Book Group
Our congregation recently hosted a book group based on Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie’s wonderful book Good Enough: 40ish …
Prayers for Holy Week
As we enter the holiest week of the Christian liturgical year, prayers, poems, and devotionals can help us connect more deeply …
Ashes to Go Is Our Family Tradition
A few years ago I went to pick up my kids at our church preschool. I had trouble finding a parking spot and realized with a …
Cuaresma en casa
La pandemia ha hecho que nuestras comunidades cristianas renueven su interés en las celebraciones familiares de carácter litúrgico …
The Way of the Cross: New Ideas for Lenten Prayer and Devotion
In 2021, Virginia Theological Seminary produced a 40-minute video, The Way of the Cross (El Vía Crucis), that was made available …
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Clay Figure Activity for Ash Wednesday
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” ~Book of Common Prayer p. 265.This is a difficult, somber, and …
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