7 Favorite Hymns for Lent
By Rick Hamlin3 min read
Despite being the season for serious reflection and prayer, Lent is also a time for singing.
Lent
Lent prepares us for Easter by asking us to do the very thing Jesus did for us–sacrifice something of ourselves.
What Are the 5 Colors of Lent?
By Rick Hamlin3 min read
An in-depth look at the five colors plucked from God’s rainbow that usher us through this important time of spiritual renewal and growth.
What Is Lent?
What is Lent? Lent is a period of 40 days leading up to Easter in which participants usually fast or give up a chosen personal pleasure. This abstinence can be anything, such as giving up a type of food or avoiding a bad habit. Some use Lent as a time to start a new positive
Seek His Kingdom
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.—Mathew 6:33 (NIV)
Great and Holy Saturday
Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock.—Luke 23:53 (NLT)
Maundy Thursday
After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.—John 13:5 (NIV)
Lenten Check-In
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.—Isaiah 35:8 (NIV)
How The Miracles of Holy Week Fortified His Faith
By Rick Hamlin5 min read
The miraculous signs that affirmed Jesus’ sanctity became a transcendent experience and a wondrous spiritual training.
8 Prayers for Holy Week
By Bob Hostetler4 min read
It’s the most sacred week in the liturgical year. However you observe the period between Palm Sunday and Easter, here are eight prayers to mark each day.
Mother Teresa Lent Quote Love Giving
The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it’s the logic of love.
George Sinclair Lent Quote
At its simplest, Lent is a season where you commit to a deeper holiness and more vibrant discipleship.
Thomas Merton Lent Quote Light
Lent is not just a time for squaring conscious accounts: but for realizing what we had perhaps not seen before. The light of Lent is given us to help us with this realization.
