Today We Continue…, Lent 5 (B) – 2006
Today we continue to draw closer to the week of the Passion of Jesus. Our scripture lessons focus on the passion he experiences as he moves toward the trial before […]
Go! for Lent: Luke 4:18-19
I was born and raised an Episcopalian. I never imagined I would choose the streets of an inner-city as a place to proclaim Christ. I never thought I’d regularly enter […]
Lenten Resources
Although we just moved into Epiphany, it seems that Lent is already around the corner. Ash Wednesday is early this year – February 13. I know that some of you […]
Lenten Hymns, Disciplines, and Practices
[…] and it stuck with me for weeks, which meant that, as I was preparing for Lent, I ducked down the rabbit hole of reading hymn texts, something I don’t remember […]
Giving Our Children the Chance to Practice Difficult Things
[…] Cathedral and the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. Cindy serves on the Lifelong Formation Council. It’s Lent again, the time of year when, as a minister to children and families, I […]
Lament, Ash Wednesday – 2018
[…] to invite us, “in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent.” The Church invites us to self-examination and repentance, prayer, fasting and self-denial, and reading […]
Lenten Resources
2014 Lenten Calendar Illustrated by award-winning cartoonist Jay Sidebotham, an Episcopal priest, Join the Journey invites spiritual reflection through gentle humor and is a wonderful companion for the Lenten season. Episcopal Relief […]
Episcopal Church offers Lenten resources, meditations
Resources, meditations and study guides for experiencing a reflective Lenten season are available from the Episcopal Church. Also on the Episcopal Church facebook page, an ongoing conversation focuses on Ash […]
Ash Wednesday
[…] Episcopal Church “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” We begin Lent each year with a reminder that we are created of earth, that humble stuff […]
Beyond Suffering: Lenten Meditation, 2/28/2013
Luke 4:14-21 By: Patrick Christopher Kangrga Reading Torah, Toronto, Canada (2012) Lent is a perplexing liturgical season. We do the complete opposite of what we think we normally should do. […]
Lenten Resources for Youth Ministries
I’ve just finished putting away my Christmas decorations so it’s difficult to believe that Lent is right around the corner. I receive emails from most major publishers with lists of […]
I Invite You, Therefore…, Ash Wednesday – 2004
I invite you, therefore to a holy lent⦠Ash Wednesday and these forty days of Lenten preparation often bring with them a lot of bad childhood baggage as well as […]
Our Work in These Days: Seeking a Broader View
I write this as we enter the season of Lent, and the world watches anxiously while events unfold that will mark our future. We pray for peace, and our nation […]
Charity, Ash Wednesday – 2020
[…] Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Dear People of God: I invite you to the observance of a holy Lent, a time to renew our repentance and faith, by prayer, fasting, and self-denial, and […]
Ash Wednesday
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” We begin Lent each year with a reminder that we are created of earth, that humble stuff we tread […]
Bible Study: Palm Sunday (B) – 2015
Isaiah 50:4-9a Palm Sunday is the transition point between Lent and Holy Week, making it a particularly fitting time to reflect upon one’s relationship with God. The prophet Isaiah beseeched […]
Creative Ways to Engage Teenagers in the Lenten Experience
[…] Chapel in Virginia. Mary Lou serves on the Lifelong Formation Council. As Episcopalians we recognize Lent as a time of “self-examination and repentance; prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and reading and […]
Cathédrale Ste. Trinité, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
We stand at the beginning of Lent, reminded that we are dust and that we shall return to dust at the last. The people of Haiti know something about dust […]
A Lenten Journey of Restoration*
During the first Wednesday dinner in Lent, a freshmen reported his excitement about hosting his first “kickback” (defined as a laid back, relaxed party). The report sounded benign to most […]
EPPN Lenten Series: "Transforming Our Culture of Violence"
Today, as Christians observe Ash Wednesday and begin their Lenten journeys, the Episcopal Public Policy brings you, as it does every year, the first in a thematic series that will […]