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Five things Friday roundup: making space during Lent

I have the honor of teaching the 1st/2nd grade Sunday school class at my church and when Lent started this year, I quickly determined that

Jennie Wintermote | Anabaptist World

March 15, 2024

Finding Jesus in the desert

Lent, like Advent, is a penitential season. Ooh, doesn’t that sound fun?! I’ll admit that I shy away from penitential, confessional language sometimes. I react

Talashia Keim Yoder | Mennonite Church USA

March 4, 2024

Five things Friday roundup: give these up for Lent

Even though Lent has already started, it’s never too late to give something up. Instead of chocolate or coffee, this might be the time to

Joanne Gallardo

March 1, 2024

A Jane Austen Lent: Archdeacon explores the novelist’s spiritual lessons

When Archdeacon and poet Rachel Mann first read Jane Austen at age 16, she wasn’t exactly a fan. “I absolutely hated her,” said Mann, who

Kathryn Post | Religion News Service

February 27, 2024

The Soil and The Seed Project releases musical collection for Lent, Easter and Pentecost

The Soil and The Seed Project, an arts ministry of Virginia Mennonite Missions, has released its musical collection for the 2024 Lent-Easter-Pentecost season. The 12

Eileen Kinch | Anabaptist World

February 23, 2024

Lent and the gift of green beans

The season of Lent has arrived. This period of time as we head towards the cross of Good Friday and resurrection of Easter Sunday reminds

Heather Wolfe | For Anabaptist World

February 22, 2024

Lenten cease-fire campaign includes Ash Wednesday Mass outside White House

About 100 Christian protesters from several denominations praying for a cease-fire in Israel and Gaza gathered outside the White House on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 14)

Aleja Hertzler-McCain | Religion News Service

February 19, 2024

A lot going on at the moment

Ash Wednesday, Super Bowl Parade and Valentine’s Day, not necessarily in that order

Ruth Harder

February 13, 2024

Don’t look up . . . or stop eating

Two weeks until Lent’s penitence, self-reflection, and fasting. Your last meal before Lent might be beignets or pancakes or crepes to use up all the

Anna Lisa Gross | For Anabaptist World

February 1, 2024

It’s just one resurrection after another

There is loss, and there is new life. It’s a pattern God weaves into every thread of creation.

Carol Rose | For Anabaptist World

April 15, 2022

MC USA home Lent guide available online

Mennonite Education Agency of Mennonite Church USA has released its Lent at Home 2022 worship guide at mennoniteusa.org/lentathome.

Mennonite Church USA

March 2, 2022

Five things Friday roundup: “To see the world like a poet”

The first week of Spring is accompanied by welcome feelings of hope, nudged forward by vaccinations, drawn by the possibilities of more time with friends,

David and Leann Augsburger

March 19, 2021

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