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Read more about the article What Are You Giving Up for Lent?

What Are You Giving Up for Lent?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 22, 2023
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Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Lent is a season within the church year in which some Christians chose to intentionally abstain from something for forty days…

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Read more about the article Two Resources for the Season of Lent

Two Resources for the Season of Lent

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 13, 2023
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Two Resources for the Season of Lent: 1. Devotional Guide // 2. Small Group Discussion Series For those of you who pay attention to the church calendar, Lent is about…

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Small Group Lenten Guide

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  • Post published:January 5, 2023
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GET THE FREE LENTEN SMALL GROUP GUIDE If you, like me, are looking for ways to be more intentional with prioritizing contemplation, patience, and deliberate engagement with the most important…

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Lent Is Not About Sacrifice. It Is About Desire.

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 24, 2022
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I’m starting to understand Lent as a time to notice my surface desires and say no to them, just for a moment.  I “gave up” potato chips this year. This…

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Read more about the article An Embodied Lent for Kids and Grownups

An Embodied Lent for Kids and Grownups

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 5, 2022
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Penny and Marilee accompanied me this year for the Ash Wednesday “stations” at our church—an embodied Lent for kids and grownups. Each station contains an activity, a prayer, and a…

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Read more about the article I’m Giving Up Potato Chips for Lent

I’m Giving Up Potato Chips for Lent

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  • Post published:March 2, 2022
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I’m giving up potato chips for Lent. (For those of you who listened to the podcast episode with Becca Stevens, yes, this is thanks to that conversation.) It’s such a…

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Read more about the article Returning to the Light (and the Lenten Devotional)

Returning to the Light (and the Lenten Devotional)

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  • Post published:February 14, 2022
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My husband Peter is one of the few people I know who celebrates the winter solstice. He even found the moment of “minimum declination”—the exact time when we transition from…

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Lenten Reflection | Psalm 130

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  • Post published:April 3, 2021
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This week I’m offering some thoughts on waiting from Psalm 130. We are all waiting for something—whether it is with hopeful expectation, dread, or contentment. My question to myself lately…

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Love Demands Creativity

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  • Post published:April 1, 2021
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“Love demands creativity” --Makoto Fujimura, Art+Faith: A Theology of Making, p. 63 // Love always generates. Always pours forth. Always emanates in abundance.  This love originates not in us, but in…

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Fasting and Justice

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 29, 2021
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We are nearing the end of the season of Lent, this time of intentional fasting within the Christian tradition. I’ve been fasting from chocolate-covered almonds, which seems almost farcical when…

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