Surrender, Lent 1 (A) – 2023
[…] you can get. There, unlike Adam and Eve who were surrounded by ease and p lenty, Jesus is exhausted, starving, and alone as he struggles with his time of temptation […]
Bible Study: Lent 1 (B) – 2015
[…] want assurance and certainty, the wilderness is teeming with the uncontrollable and the unexpected. In Lent we are asked to embrace the wilderness in the hope that it will bring […]
Ever Since the Bottom Fell…, Ash Wednesday – 2011
[…] fell out of the sackcloth and ashes business, we’ve not known what to do about Lent. “What do I give up?” seems to be the primary question, an inversion of […]
Discernment Is a Word…, Lent 1 (B) – 2009
[…] part of a liturgical church, we too are driven into the wilderness with Jesus this Lent. By association we are brought into a time of reflection and discernment, every year […]
Go! for Lent John 14:3
[…] this sense of “go and prepare and come again” with regards to our understanding of Lent. For a long time, at least in my experience as a Christian and Church […]
Pan-Anglican
This journal was published from Lent 1950 until 1970. It was published irregularly in fifteen volumes over twenty years. The normal rate of publication was two issues per year. The […]
Go! for Lent: Psalm 122
[…] if it feels that way sometimes. I suppose that’s part of what living a holy Lent does for us, too. It takes us on a journey through the wilderness of […]
Go! for Lent: Job 2:11
One sentence from the story of Job tells a myriad about whom he is and how he is thought of and cared for. It begs the question, “how do we […]
Go! for Lent: Luke 14:21, 23
[…] hearts; we just might find ourselves following Jesus. I am challenged by this message during Lent, and I hope that you are too. We must break down the walls of […]
Days of Special Devotion
Term used in the table of precedence in the BCP to describe the weekdays of Lent and Holy Week (except the feast of the Annunciation) and the Fridays of the […]
Liturgical Colors
[…] festival days, as well as marriages and funerals. PURPLE/VIOLET for Advent (or ROYAL BLUE) & Lent (or UNBLEACHED LINEN). RED is used in Holy Week, the Day of Pentecost, and […]
Bible Study: Lent 4 (B) – 2018
Numbers 21:4-9 Earlier this year, I made my first transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. When I first received my plane ticket, I took note of the fact […]
What Did They Do to Deserve That?, Lent 3 (C) – 2016
What did they do to deserve that? Jesus knew questions like this were on people’s minds when they came to tell him horrible news: Pilate – yes, the same Pontius […]
Monuments Attract Outcasts…, Lent 4 (A) – 2002
Monuments attract outcasts. This is as true today as it was in our Lord’s time. Walk outside the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, a.k.a. the National Cathedral, in Washington, […]
The Story of the Prodigal Son Is…, Lent 4 (C) – 1998
The story of the Prodigal son is one of the best known of all the stories in the Gospels. It is easy to see why, since it connects immediately to […]
New Lenten Materials Now Available
By Heather Melton, UTO staff officer Back by popular demand, UTO gratitude resources for Lent are now available at unitedthankoffering.org/lent. The materials have been expanded and updated to better support those […]
Bible Study: Lent 4 (B) – 2015
Numbers 21:4-9 This passage finds the people of Israel after they have left Egypt and journeyed through the wilderness. Bullied by the Edomites, the Israelites become impatient on the circuitous […]
New Lenten Materials Now Available
By Heather Melton, UTO staff officer Back by popular demand, UTO gratitude resources for Lent are now available at unitedthankoffering.org/lent. The materials have been expanded and updated to better support those […]
To A Christian Attorney…, Lent 4 (C) – 2004
To a Christian attorney or judge, a legal reading of the parable in today’s Gospel reading might seem perfectly obvious: The father’s statement, “Son all I have is yours,” means […]
Episcopal Church offers Lenten resources, meditations
Resources, meditations and study guides to provide a means to experience a reflective Lenten season are available from the Episcopal Church at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lent Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, this year […]