Blogging for Lent – More Reflections

Here is the latest collection of reflections on the beginning of Lent from my fellow bloggers. Jeff Greer:  The Frailty of Life Michael Winter: Fat Thursday Michael Wallenmeyer: Lent and Hell You can check out the blogs of other participants here For this next week I have asked people to focus their reflection and their [...]

Join Eugene Cho and the Global Poverty Innitiative

Here at the Mustard Seed House we are getting ready to participate in the Mutunga $2 challenge starting on Sunday.  We are doing this a week earlier than suggested in the Lenten guide because Ricci and Eliacin will become parents again in just over a week.  It has made me think again about what changes [...]

Blogging for Lent – Various Reflections on Ash Wednesday

Here are today’s contributions from those participating in the Lenten synchroblog From Tom Grosh: Do Lenten practices or conversations regarding them give you the feeling that Big Brother is Watching, Read more From Beth Stedman: Lent begins with Listening to where God is leading.  Read more From Banu Moore: Akouete… Keep on Listening to Jesus.  Read [...]

Should You Give Up Toilet Paper for Lent?

For those of you who have not yet decided what you are giving up for Lent here is something from the NY Times that you might like to consider When Sheryl Crow said that people should use only one sheet of toilet paper, she was lampooned by everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Jon Stewart. More [...]

What Is Lent Preparing Us For?

Last night like many of you, Tom and I attended Ash Wednesday service at our church.  I returned home my forehead embellishd with a black cross and my heart very aware of my own sinfulness and need for repentance.  It seems to me that Lent this year is very much on people’s minds as they [...]

Synchroblog Participants

Here is a list of all those that have told me they intend to participate in the synchroblog.  If you do not see your name on the list but would like to be a part of this please let me know.  There is still time to be involved and as you can see this is [...]

Ash Wednesday Reflections

Today is Ash Wednesday and this evening, like many others I will be heading to church to be inscribed with a cross of ashes which I will try not to wash off for a day or too as a symbol that I carry Christ’s cross out into the world.  It seems to me that the [...]

Ash Wednesday

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday the official beginning of Lent.  It gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of worshippers as a sign of repentance. The ashes used are gathered after the Palm Crosses from the previous year’s Palm Sunday are burned and are imprinted as a sign of the cross [...]

Synchroblog Under Way

Lent officially begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday when I will post a list of those who are participating in the Lenten/Easter journey with us this year.  However as people are already beginning to post about Lent I thought that we would get a head start. Tom Grosh has given us a good start with a [...]

Lots of Good Lenten Resources

It is great to see the good Lenten resources that are now appearing that could make this the best Lent ever for any of us that want to take this season seriously. Bread for the World has produced an excellent “Prayers for Hungry People” guide Bob Hyatt has produced this comprehensive Lent prayer guide for [...]