A Letter for Lent - Listening for the Roar
On a walk by the James River train tracks here in Richmond, VA, I was recently explaining to my sons Whit & Ash how you can hear a train coming by pressing your ears to the track. "Be quiet and get low," I showed them, "that's how you know it's coming." I watched their five and three-year-old bodies hold carefully still. A rare sight. But in that moment, there was something worth holding still for. I think of the Lent season something like this. Lent is an annual opportunity
5 Reasons to Try The Common Rule for Lent
Reason 1: Preparation for Easter Means Rearranging Your Life Lent is not an experiment in personal discipline. It is a season of preparation for the awe of Easter. Lent is a season to focus your worship on the Jesus who came to die on Good Friday and Rise on Easter Sunday. As such, Lent is sort of rhythmic, annual reminder that to live our lives in light of the death and resurrection of Jesus means to rearrange our lives accordingly. When we use Lent to prepare for Easter,