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The season of Lent is a time for growth in faith—through prayer, spiritual discipline, and self-examination in preparation for the annual commemoration of Jesus’ death and resurrection. In ancient Christian practice, Lent was a time of preparation for the celebration of Baptism at Easter. In our journey through these forty days (minus Sundays), we are invited to reflect deeply on how to live out the meaning of our baptism as disciples. For three Sundays, we’ll explore three key practices associated with Lent: prayer, fasting, and works of love or compassion. We’ll give special attention to how we can nurture our inner life and cultivate loving habits of the heart. And we’ll offer ways to make these essential practices more meaningful and relevant in our walk with Christ.

Schedule

March 3: PRayer

• Arthur C. Brooks, “Make a To-Don’t List”
• Tish Harrison Warren, “How to Pray With Our Eyes Open”
• Ann Lamott Distills Prayer into “Help, Thanks, Wow”

March 10: Fasting

• Arthur C. Brooks, “Make a To-Don’t List”
• O. Alan Noble, “A Path Not for the Faint of Heart”

March 17: Compassion

• Peter Wehner “This is Why Jesus Wept”
• Hannah Rose Thomas, “Portraits of Survival”
• Brené Brown on Empathy

All Articles & Resources

• Arthur C. Brooks, “Make a To-Don’t List”
• Ann Lamott Distills Prayer into “Help, Thanks, Wow”
• Brené Brown on Empathy
• O. Alan Noble, “A Path Not for the Faint of Heart”
• Rosie Schaap, “I Never Said Thanks for the Meal. Sister Agnes Taught Me How”
• Hannah Rose Thomas, “Portraits of Survival”
• Howard Thurman, “A Boy and a Comet”
• Tish Harrison Warren, “How to Pray With Our Eyes Open”
• Peter Wehner “This is Why Jesus Wept”
• N.T. Wright, “The Lord’s Prayer as a Paradigm of Christian Prayer”