Lent is a season that brings us before our humanity. The Lenten prayers and liturgies with which Christians may be most familiar tend to emphasize the ways in which human beings …
Canceling Debts for Lent: A Way to Do Lent in Community
“You know, Father, a lot of people in this country are only one serious medical crisis away from homelessness.” Those words stuck with me for the rest of the day. It seemed …
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A Shame-freeing Lent: Stories & Practices for Liberating Lenten Formation
In a 2016 article called “On Ash Wednesday, The Power of Scripture,” one of my editor predecessors, Charlotte Hand Greeson, lifts up the opening line of the Ash Wednesday collect …
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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 from food during the daylight hours of Ash …
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 compiled a list of new and relatively recent resources …
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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 free of charge for Lenten worship in English as …
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A Devotional for Lent At Church and Home
Study and preparation are customary for Christians during Lent. Many churches plan special programs in which prayer practices, Bible study, or service to others are emphasized. It …
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Co-Creating a Prayer for Lent “Mad Lib” Style
Editors Note: During a recent Lenten gathering of old seminary friends via Zoom, Lyndsey Medford led the group in writing and sharing a prayer together. In this article for Three …
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Lent & Easter at Home Kits
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, our church has provided materials and activities for families to engage in faith formation and learning at home together. Currently, this …
“Must We Do Lent This Year?”
“Must we do Lent this year? We have had such a long and difficult year. We have already lost so much. There has already been too much death. Perhaps it would be a pastoral response …