Each year, in the weeks before Easter, our church embarks on a season of spiritual formation. We take time and attention to look reflectively at our lives, to welcome God’s guidance and teaching, and to see what growth may come. This season in the year where winter meets spring is called Lent. Lent comes from an Old English word meaning “spring.” It’s used to refer to the six-week period before Easter Sunday. For centuries, Jesus followers have marked this period of anticipation of Easter through individual and communal intentions. 

We’ve produced a daily guide for the six weeks of Lent. Each week includes five short Bible readings, reflections, and suggestions for response. This year our Lent Guide also seeks to offer you an immersive experience complete with poetry, visual arts, and original music. The hope is that these different pathways will elicit a vibrant conversation between you and God, illuminating your own longings and desires.  Each week, use this guide’s offerings into your personal prayers. Setting aside 20-30 minutes a day will help the experience be most fruitful for you, but less time or less consistent practice is better than nothing!

As you use this guide, we encourage you to do so alongside others. Attend our Sunday services and join a community group for the season if you’re able. You could also find a friend to touch base with on your own if you would like. May your Lent be a place of warm encounter with God and with others, and may it be a time of rich learning, discovery, and formation.

Find this year’s daily guide here:

Past Daily Lent Guides:

2022 Lent Guide

• Lent 2022 Water of Life GUIDE

2021 Lent Guide

• Lent 2021 What is Most Important GUIDE

2020 Daily Lent Guide, The Cross

• The Cross – Week 1 (starts 2/24)
• The Cross – Week 2 (starts 3/2)
• The Cross – Week 3 (starts 3/9)
• The Cross – Week 4 (starts 3/16)
• The Cross – Week 5 (starts 3/23)
• The Cross – Week 6 (starts 3/30)
• The Cross – Week 7 (starts 4/6)

2020 Blogs: Why Did Jesus Die?

• Part I: Revisiting a Troubling Question
• Part II: Some Perspective and Humility
• Part III: Solidarity: The Cross Shows Us Where to Find God
• Part IV: The Scapegoat to End All Scapegoats
• Part V: To Show Us What God Is Like

2019 Daily Lent Guide, The Wild Places

• The Wild Places Bible Guide – Week 1
• The Wild Places Bible Guide – Week 2
• The Wild Places Bible Guide – Week 3
• The Wild Places Bible Guide – Week 4
• The Wild Places Bible Guide – Week 5
• The Wild Places Bible Guide – Week 6

2018 Daily Lent Guide, Children of God in a Fractured World

• User Manual | 40 Days of Faith 2018 (PDF)
• Revelation Bible Guide – Week 1
• Revelation Bible Guide – Week 2
• Revelation Bible Guide – Week 3
• Revelation Bible Guide – Week 4
• Revelation Bible Guide – Week 5
• Revelation Bible Guide – Week 6
• Family Guide – Lent 2018

2017 Daily Lent Guide, Engaging in a God-Soaked World

• Users’ Manual 2017 (PDF)
• God-Soaked World (2017) – Week One (PDF)
• God-Soaked World (2017) – Week Two (PDF)
• God-Soaked World (2017) – Week Three (PDF)
• God-Soaked World (2017) – Week Four (PDF)
• God-Soaked World (2017) – Week Five (PDF)
• God-Soaked World (2017) – Week Six (PDF)

Bible Guide Podcast

2016 Daily Lent Guide of Romans

• Users’ Manual 2016
• Romans (2016) – Week 1
• Romans (2016) – Week 2
• Romans (2016) – Week 3
• Romans (2016) – Week 4
• Romans (2016) – Week 5
• Romans (2016) – Week 6

New this year: Bible Guide Podcast

2015 Daily Lent Guide of the Psalms

• Psalms (2015) – Week 1
• Psalms (2015) – Week 2
• Psalms (2015) – Week 3
• Psalms (2015) – Week 4
• Psalms (2015) – Week 5
• Psalms (2015) – Week 6

2014: Too Small a Thing
Isaiah

• Isaiah (2014) – Week 1
• Isaiah (2014) – Week 2
• Isaiah (2014) – Week 3
• Isaiah (2014) – Week 4
• Isaiah (2014) – Week 5
• Isaiah (2014) – Week 6

2013: The Power of Transformative Habits
Acts

• User’s Manual 2013
• Acts (2013) – Week 1
• Acts (2013) – Week 2
• Acts (2013) – Week 3
• Acts (2013) – Week 4
• Acts (2013) – Week 5
• Acts (2013) – Week 6