Lent prepares us for the observance of Jesus Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection. It is a time of self-examination and based on this examination usually a time of personal housecleaning for what we have done or not done. Lent is both an opportunity and challenge to correct our path. The Collect from Last Epiphany puts it this way – "Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory."
One way to do this is to participate in personal or group Bible Study. We will have a group series on prayer on Sundays and have added noon and evening services on Wednesdays. All of this can be seen as part of developing spritual discipline, the development of our inner being. Spiritual disciplines provide a pathway through Lent.
While group study is certainly beneficial, daily study can easily be accomplished on your own, too. We have tried to make it easy gathering reading sources online. We have an online page which groups 5 different sources. 1. Collect 2. Daily Office 3. ERD Meditation 4. Saints 5. SSJE (Society of St. John the Evangelist) series on Time. The last one is new this year. It can be found here
Here is a part of the calendar:
If you click on the 18th, Ash Wednesday the following screen pops up. The collect prints out in its entirety but there are links to the Daily Office for that day, the daily meditation from the ERD possibly a biography of a saint (Martin Luther in this case) and the daily video(s) from the Society of St. John the Evangelist series on time. The idea is put is all in one place that you can get to from one location rather than many. Making it easier may encourage you to embark upon the readings. Hope this furthers the journey!
