Lent Archives

Regardless of how you choose to read them, these meaningful psalms can guide your heart and mind toward the cross during this Lenten season.

Where is Lent in the Bible? In fact, it appears long before Jesus reached Jerusalem, a time of trial and testing in the wilderness.

The sacrifice of a food item in the weeks leading up to Easter seems to have become a falsely pious tradition. We seek to lay down something minor...

More traditional branches of Christianity such as Catholics, Lutherans, and Episcopalians will often hold a Shrove Tuesday dinner prior to Ash...

What is the significance behind Ash Wednesday and why do Christians still attend Ash Wednesday services?

Google the phrase “Ashes to Ashes” and the first thing you’ll find is a famous song by David Bowie. Considered to be a song referencing his own...

Here are four reasons why the start of Lent is the perfect time to commit to reading your Bible every day.

Lent is a season of the year on the Church calendar that Christians have been celebrating for hundreds of years. It is a roughly six-week period...

I can’t help but notice a growth in evangelicals who want to celebrate Lent by “giving something up.” I’ve heard of Christians giving up sugar,...

Lent is a time of reflection and renewed faith as we focus on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Use these Lent prayers as you take...

Whether Ash Wednesday and Lent are new to you, or your church celebrates this season, there is much to learn about and from this 40-day period of...

Here are 70 of our favorite and most popular ideas for what to give up for Lent.

If you want to be known for more than just your dress, what’s filling up your baskets, or what food you are eating on Easter Sunday, then I highly...

The season of Lent is an opportunity for us to reflect on who we are and who God is. The 40 days before Easter is a time to reorder our lives. The...

To me, is what Lent is all about: Being surprised by joy. Sacrificing our selves as we focus on greater intimacy and unity with Christ. Finding our...