The Glory of These 40 Days
Lent is a season of reflection whose observance goes back 1700 years. It is a time of sober reflection, penitence, and spiritual discipline as we prepare ourselves for the commemoration of the crucifixion and the joy and triumph of the resurrection.
Through the years I have written various articles about Lent. On this page I am gathering them all together to make it easy for you to access them all. I hope you will find them helpful in centering and focusing your mind and heart during the Lenten season.
Lent 2023
- The Purposes and Disciplines of Lent
- Consecration: Conforming to the Image of Christ
- Reconciliation: The Great Miracle
- Initiation: Stooping to Get In
- Fasting: Becoming Pure in Heart
- Tuning Our Hearts: The Grace of Prayer
- Frayed Edges: Making Space for the Sojourner
Lent 2024 (Reflecting on Narnia)
- No Time at All
- Always Winter and Never Christmas
- Forgetting Your First Love: Narnia Without Magic
- Journeying to the End of the World: The Great Pilgrimage of the Christian Life
- Ensorcelled Adoration: The Bondage of Love for the World
- More than You Thought: The Value of Discontent in a Land of Sin
- Grief is Great: Aslan’s Compassion
- Not What You Wanted: The Destruction of Narnia