Dry January and Lent
I just finished Dry January, which is to say, I abstained from alcohol for the month of January. It was hard at first, and then it became good, and it…
Two Resources for the Season of Lent
Two Resources for the Season of Lent: 1. Small Group Guide & Video Series 2. Daily Devotional For those of you who pay attention to the church calendar, Lent arrives…
What Are You Giving Up for Lent?
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…
Small Group Lenten Guide
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…
I’m Giving Up Potato Chips for Lent
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…
Returning to the Light (and the Lenten Devotional)
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…
Lenten Reflection | Psalm 130
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…
Lenten Reflection | Psalm 22
What does it mean for God to be with us? For God to slow down, enter into our pain and suffering, enter into our whole lives, so that we can…
Lenten Reflection | Psalm 1
Do you ever get overwhelmed by the injustice in the world? Or feel uncomfortable by the word justice? Or feel paralyzed at the thought of doing anything to undo injustice?…
Lenten Reflection | Psalm 23
What does Psalm 23 have to do with worry? I used to think I wasn’t a person who worried about much. And I didn’t worry much about external dangers—germs and…