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Day 16: Fasting & Parenthood
In seasons of daily self-denial it is enough to pray for your children and ask the Lord for his breath of life through the day. Parenthood is a years-long season of saying “no” to yourself, and it is okay, during Lent, to embrace a season of saying “yes”.
Day 15: Purple Clouds
I’m just recollectin’ about life before I stepped in line with the Christ. Lime is the light we pursued through the night trying to change up life. Grasping at straws because our goals ain’t right. . .
Day 14: Sacrifice & Hope
This is the first time my family and I have actually dived into the idea of lent, and, over the past few days, I've found what it means to me as an eleven year old. . .
Day 13: Upset Expectations
Written by Wesley Walker Karma police I’ve given all I can It’s not enough I’ve given all I can But we’re still on the payroll This is what you’ll get This is what you’ll get This is what you’ll…
Day 12: Rest And Receive
Art and Writing by Lauren Moisa I don’t think it was a coincidence that I injured my foot at the beginning of Lent. I started off the season planning to give up coffee to see how the Lord could replace…
Day 11: Reese’s Cups and My Christian Identity
Written by Cale Baker This Lenten Season, Jesus is using Reese’s Cups to teach me about my Christian identity. Or, the lack of Reese’s Cups, I should say. As I began Lent, I really didn’t know what to give up,…
Day 10: To Texture Time
Written by Jonathan D Hart I came across a concept from essayist Elaine Scarry that stopped me dead in my tracks: Beauty demands reproduction. On the one hand, this is quite a commonsensical concept. Everybody wants to do the enjoyable…
Day 9: Remember That You Are Dust: Baptism and Memento Mori During Lent
Written by J Vincent Santini Lent is a time to intentionally confront all the ways the first Adam continues to control our lives, to carry these ways to the cross to let them be crucified with Jesus, and to bury…
Day 8: Clarity (When Night Comes)
"The Hellenistic culture that breeds this Humanistic worldview is in my sights when I give these words life. So, I had to leave behind my peregrination to the illuminated darkness of the blind secular nation."
Day 7: Giving Up Heavy Burdens
Written by Timothy Brophy II I didn’t give up anything for Lent this year, at least not in the traditional sense. But before you start thinking that I’m a bad Anglican, let me explain. At first, I simply couldn’t…
For The Love of Others Part II
"We serve by educating and mentoring those who are coming along behind us, we show them how to practice the faith and be shaped by those practices. We serve by demonstrating how the Gospel is suffused throughout every minute part…
