Lots and LOTS of Links! - Lenten edition

Some of these are old, some new, but they provide plenty of food for thought for the upcoming Lenten season. Browse away! (and feel free to bookmark to browse later, mid-Lent, when inspiration and desire might be waning!)

- "a holy lent":

The technical word for this process is Conviction. It can be painful, but also, sweet, because God, so big, so concerned with so many important things, takes the trouble to care about the smallest, meanest darkest parts of me and you.

- "The Lenten Prayer"

-"For God, Or for Your Bod? Some Thoughts about Fasting and Dieting"

-"The Essence of Lent"

-"In the Wilderness":

Thus it is that Jesus - and so many, many others - went into the desert to fast and pray. The purpose of going into the desert wasn't fasting. The purpose was praying. It's just that some times you have to make room for prayer, and that is the essence of fasting.

-"To Hell on a Cream Puff"

-"Pre-Holy Week Spring Cleaning"

-"A Playlist for Lent"

-"Lenten Rookie Mistakes"

-"Printable Lenten Calendar for Kids"

-"More On Lent" - some ideas for observing the season with your children

-"A Definition of Lent" - some historical observations, here.

-"Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down"

-"Welcome, Dear Feast of Lent" - the best of Lenten poems. (Okay, except, perhaps, for Donne's "Good Friday")

-Holy Saturday in Narnia

-"You're Kidding, Right?"

-"Canonical Communities: Ash Wednesday and Christian Communities"

-"Preparing to Prepare for Easter" - more on Lent and kids

-"Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for Lent" - a list of links


Feel free to add your own links in the comments!

Peace of Christ to you,
Jessica Snell