Resources for Lent
Resources for Families with Children:
- Here's a wow! Love Life Live Lent -- a resource from across the Pond.
This may seem at first to be for kids, but in reality, it offers activities to honor our world
and environment throughout Lent and beyond. This gets three thumbs up!! Available through Amazon.com.
The Love Life Live Lent Family Book really helps families to develop a caring approach to others. Great colourful illustrations and lots of things to participate in and think about with family and friends. -- Families from St. John the Baptist Church, S.E. London
- This kid's Lenten section also includes crafts, activity and coloring pages for Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, Communion, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday: Sunday School for Kids
- And for a little about customs and traditions of the Church, see Full Home Divinity
- If the RAF isn't delivering your Love Life Live Lent fast enough, try this Tread Lightly for Lent environmentally-conscious calendar created by our Presbyterian sisters and brothers.
Resources for Adults:
- Creighton U offers One Prayer a Day for Lent; simple yet profound opportunities to pray throughout Lent.
- Episcopal Relief and Development encourages 40 days in the Lenten Cycle of Prayer where we remember the work of the ERD in forty countries.
- For those who want to dig deeper, this site provides an interesting survey of Church Fathers. Don't be put off by the "father" thing, simply discover ancient church texts for yourself throught these f