Category: Lent 2022
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Day 6
“God, we live in a world that is obsessed with money, status, power, and beauty. Extracting myself from those waters is like pulling myself out of quicksand. I need your help. I want to be known for the things you care about—love, justice, humility, mercy, joy—not likes, follows, wealth, or status. There is more to…
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Day 5 (First Sunday in Lent)
“What if it isn’t about getting out of the desert? What if we are called to dwell in our doubts, fears, anxieties, and brokenness? What if we are meant to stand in solidarity with those trapped in their own wilderness experiences? I wonder if we can imagine making a home right here, a place existing…
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Day 4
“I will bring my wholemessyhuman selfbecause I know,I just know,deep in my bones,that you are already running to meet me.There are no cuts on this team.You said you’d take it all,so here I come.Me and all my humanity.We are on my way.” —Excerpt from “On My Way” by Rev. Sarah SpeedFrom the Full to the…
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Day 3
“What do we make of the practice of mourning?…The rending of hearts and of garments of mourning, the calling for a holy fast and stillness, and the expectant joy of the relenting of the wrath of God are deeply tied to the process of fasting, weeping, and mourning.” — from the artist statement for “Joy…
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Day 2
“We, just as we are, are enough. That is enough for our existence, and that is enough for God. It doesn’t matter what others think. What matters is that we’re authentic, that our faith is authentic, and that we are ourselves before God.” —Rev. Ashley DeTar BirtCommentary on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 for @sanctifiedart
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Ash Wednesday
“What if, instead of ashes, gold gleamed on our foreheads? What if, alongside the certainty of death, we are also reminded of God’s expansive grace? What if on this day we said to one another, ‘From stardust you have come, and to stardust you shall one day return’?” — from the artist statement for “Stardust”…
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Lent 2022
We can’t quite believe it but Lent 2022 is almost upon us and we look forward to time as a community to journey through lent together and reflect on the love of God revealed in Christ. Our Lenten theme, Full to the Brim, is an invitation—into a radically different Lent, into a full life. It’s…
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