Lenten Guide: Week 1

The season of Lent, a 40-day season of reflection and intention beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending in the celebration of new life on Easter, is part of the ancient, living rhythm of our faith and has been practiced in times and places even more different than today! Lent’s continual practice through the centuries reminds us that God is at work in rhythms of renewal and growth, reflection and celebration, grounding and good, in every time and place and way of life — including ours right now.

In this Lenten guide we offer a series of daily reflections, activities, and meditations to help you practice love for God, neighbor, and yourself in every place you find yourself. And together, as we journey through Lent, we will find ourselves ever more being love, and being the loving church Jesus calls us to be, everywhere we are.