Yesterday Jeff Greer wrote this very moving and thought provoking post on homelessness: Homelessness Has Changed My Life
I also thought that since we are now more than halfway through the Lenten Challenge that I would list all the posts so far in the Lenten synchroblog.
You can read the list of all those who are participating in this blog here
Kathy Escobar and her reflections on Hunger.
Tom Grosh reflecting on Lent in general in You Have A confession to Make.
Tim Mathis on Hungry Teens read the entire post
Theresa Grosh - Second Week of Lent
Aj Schwanz - Lent and Women (Multitasking as So Many Women Do So well)
Each year our good friend and alternative worship innovator Mark Pierson from New Zealand sends us a wonderful series of reflections for Lent. You can download the entire guide here
As well as that we have another new post for the Lenten synchroblog
Steven Fouch: One Week Into Lent
Also there are some excellent new reflections on the Anglican prayer blog: Lent and Beyond
Doug Jones: Spring Into Repentance
Maria Henderson: Lenten Journey – Broken
Julie Clawson: General Thoughts on Lent and Lent – Being Aware
JR Woodward reflecting on how brokenness can reveal itself in many forms including over activity. Read more
Banu Moore reflecting on being broken in community and reminding us that reflecting on our sins is not meant to result in self preoccupation but rather in the desire to be changed more into the likeness of Christ. Read more
Jeff Greer: The Frailty of Life
Michael Winter: Fat Thursday
Michael Wallenmeyer: Lent and Hell
Aj Schwanz: Picking Up Rather than Laying Down
Joan Ball: My First Lent – Thanks to Twitter and the Monks
Here is a wonderful prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas posted by Karen B at Lent and Beyond
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 more
From Aj Schwanz: Lent 2009
From Jeff Greer:Ash Wednesday Reflections. Read more
From Ecoquaker: Lent is not about chocolate. Read more
Thomas Turner: Rethinking Lent. Read more
Bob Fisher: Ash Wednesday tweets: Read more
Tom Grosh gave us a good start with a post on The Emerging Shcolar’s blog
There are also a couple of guest posts on my blog by Thule Kinnison – Third week of Lent and Reflections on Ash Wednesday.
You may also like to check out some of my posts on Lent
and this very popular meditation based on a quote from Thomas Merton Finding Freedom in the Desert
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