edited repost from 2012. This year I am, once again, keeping it simple. Isn’t that what Lent should be all about anyway? For my own personal reading I have already started Abundant Simplicity
which is absolutely wonderful and completely appropriate for Lent, as well as meeting me where I am on this journey to simplicity and contentment! I want to finish reading and begin implementing many of the suggested ideas at the end of each chapter. With much prayer as well. I have also ordered this book to strengthen my prayer life: The Pray! Prayer Journal: Daily Steps toward Praying God’s Heart (Living the Questions)
. I’m very much looking forward to this yearly focus on prayer and drawing ever closer to the heart of God. Please, if you are not Catholic but still wish to observe this fantastic time of growth in your own walk with God and spend time focusing on Christ and the cross, please check out my friend Edie’s description of Lent at Life in Grace. Her words are beautiful words of truth and much more eloquent than mine would be.
I have noticed lots of great resources around the web so I’m going to share lots of links with you!! (and for my own organization too, getting them all in one spot!!)
which is absolutely wonderful and completely appropriate for Lent, as well as meeting me where I am on this journey to simplicity and contentment! I want to finish reading and begin implementing many of the suggested ideas at the end of each chapter. With much prayer as well. I have also ordered this book to strengthen my prayer life: The Pray! Prayer Journal: Daily Steps toward Praying God’s Heart (Living the Questions). I’m very much looking forward to this yearly focus on prayer and drawing ever closer to the heart of God. Please, if you are not Catholic but still wish to observe this fantastic time of growth in your own walk with God and spend time focusing on Christ and the cross, please check out my friend Edie’s description of Lent at Life in Grace. Her words are beautiful words of truth and much more eloquent than mine would be.
I have noticed lots of great resources around the web so I’m going to share lots of links with you!! (and for my own organization too, getting them all in one spot!!)
Favorite Books for Lent
- Place at the Table, A: 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor
(what we will be using this year, I posted more about it here.)
- Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions
…(one of my favorites for simplifying)
- Journey to the Cross: The Complete Easter Story for Young Readers
(this is great for reading everyday with younger children leading up to Easter)
- Passion Hymns for a Kid’s Heart
- Holey, Wholly, Holy: A Lenten Journey of Refinement
(a brand new book for Lent that I have downloaded to read on my ipad/kindle)
- Amon’s Adventure: A Family Story for Easter
Links Around the Web
- Red Dots on children’s hands to remind us of Jesus sacrifice (for Good Friday)
- Resurrection Rolls
- Our Easter Garden
- Picture Prayer Journal with Kids
- Tomb Cake
- LOTS of great links & ideas from Rachel Held Evans blog
- Lenten Prayer from Elizabeth Foss (one of my favorite prayers for Lent)
- Decluttering 40 bags in 40 days?
- Beautiful post on Lent (and a book list from Ann Voskamp)
- Lent Calendar for children to color each day (we’ve done this several years in a row! great resource, free printable!)
- More great ideas for kids & Lent
Have you found anymore great ideas around the web? Feel free to share links with us from around the web or your own blog!
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