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LENT

Early Spring | Beginning Ash Wednesday

Historically Lent has been a season of penitence and fasting. Churches have used this season as a time of reflection and in some cases, preparation for baptism. The season lasts for forty days, excluding Sundays. The amount of time set aside for Lent was first recorded at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The season is modeled after Jesus’ time spent fasting in the desert for forty days as we as the forty years the Israelites spent wandering in the desert. Lent concludes with Holy Week: Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.

Liturgucal Color: Purple except for Good Friday and Holy Saturdy where black is often used.

Artwork by Tim Bauer

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Stations of the Cross: Tim Bauer

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Lent Resources

 
LITURGY
Prayers of the People
Prayers of the People

Prayers of the People is the latest release from HymnHouse. This short EP is meant as a way to take a break from the chaos of the world, maybe on your way to work, or as you wind down from the day. I hope these songs bring you peace for today and hope for tomorrow.

Lenten Prayer
Lenten Prayer

Heavenly Father, as we move through this Lenten season and closer to Good Friday, we see more clearly the sin in our lives and in this world, and our great need for your mercy…

Silenced (A sonnet from Habakkuk 2:20)
Silenced (A sonnet from Habakkuk 2:20)

The Lord is here; let all the earth keep silence,
Not only out the mouth, but in the ear,
And on the tongue, and through our fragile eye lens…

The Tree, The Tomb, and The Voice that Calls Your Name
The Tree, The Tomb, and The Voice that Calls Your Name

I've seen it twice in the theater and more than 10 times on Netflix. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent watching YouTube reaction videos. In fact, I even made a podcast with my friend, Andy Jones, to talk about the theological implications of this summer's hit movie. The soundtrack might still be…

Even Me?
Even Me?

How could it be?
That you would do this for me?
Even me?

Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross

For centuries, Christians have used the stations of the cross to meditate on Christ’s journey to His crucifixion. During this Holy Week, we invite you to meditate on the stations of the cross using the artwork of Tim Bauer.

The King (A Poem for Palm Sunday)
The King (A Poem for Palm Sunday)

You’ve always done things differently, and they’ve never failed.

Like the time you turned water into wine.
Or like when you rubbed mud on the blind man’s eyes so he could see.
Or when you healed the paralyzed man because his friends truly believed. And like the time You entered Jerusalem riding on the back of a colt,

Forever is Coming
Forever is Coming

Marked with what we will become,
Wearing the weight of where we've been—
The words we've spoken,
The seasons we’ve endured,
The roads we’ve traveled. …

Introducing Daily Lectio
Introducing Daily Lectio

Daily Lectio is a daily resource created by  CommunionArts to help you slow down and meditate on Scripture. Each day's meditation will guide you through praying a portion of Scripture in the style of Lectio Divina, an ancient spiritual way of reading Scripture.

It Is My Joy (Hebrews 12:2)
It Is My Joy (Hebrews 12:2)

I betray him with a kiss and some blood-soaked coin
but this is the Good day that He would appoint
I place him in cuffs and lead him away…