Lent Resources for 2022

It's that time again! The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday (March 2).  Here are some new devotional materials and book suggestions to carry you through this reflective season. 

Copies of the following will be available in the church chapel. If you would like a digital PDF version please email Jenny Newman at Jennyrunew@gmail.com. 

2022 Family Lent Calendar 

"Vincent Van Gogh and the Beauty of Lent" by The Salt Project In this Lenten devotional, the words of Scripture and the paintings and letters of Vincent van Gogh will be our guides. Each week, biblical texts and Van Gogh’s work throw light on each other, pointing toward simple, powerful practices you can try yourself, with your family or friends. You will need a Bible and all the paintings referenced can be found online.
So grab your favorite Bible and a decent internet connection (all the paintings referenced here can be found online).

Books! 
These are available through the PCUSA online store or can be ordered by your favorite local bookseller. 

"Faithful Families: For Lent, Easter & Resurrection" by Traci Smith 

Parents, guardians, teachers, and ministers will find dozens of fun and easy practices for celebrating the Easter season with our kids. The practices and seasonal prayers are grouped into chapters titled Ash Wednesday, Symbols, Lenten Prayers, Lenten Refraining, Lenten Acts of Service, Holy Week, Easter Vigil and Easter Day, and the Season of Resurrection. Smith also offers theological notes guiding parents on addressing the violence of the crucifixion and the meaning of Jesus' death.

"A Time to Grow" by Kara Eidson 

Themes of soil, water, light, time, fasting, feasting, and more guide the way from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Readers will explore the intricacies of how faith is required to produce food and how that faith can lead us all to feast at the table on Easter morning

"Lent of Liberation" by Cheri L. Mills" 

Each of the forty devotions includes the testimony of a person who escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad, a Scripture passage, and a reflection connecting biblical and historical themes to challenge modern readers to work for liberation. Reflecting on Lenten themes of exodus, redemption, discipline, and repentance, readers, both Black and white, will be empowered for the work of racial justice.

"Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion through Ten Objects" by Jill J. Duffield
The author draws readers’ attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil, coats, towels, thorns, and stones. In each object, readers will find meaning in the biblical account of Jesus’ final days. Each week, readers encounter a new object to consider through Scripture, prayer, and reflection.