Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Guido Reni - Source

Listen: My Silver Lining, First Aid Kit- Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 50; Psalm 46; Genesis 39:1-23; 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:15; Mark 2:1-12

Pray & Do: Read out loud as a prayer Malcolm Guite’s sonnet in your meditation on Psalm 46. (Or click the title link to hear the author read it himself.)

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Look: In this elevated view, people are seen walking through the flags of the "In America: Remember" public-art installation near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on September 19, 2021. The installation commemorates all the Americans who have died of COVID-19. It is based on a concept by the artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg and includes more than 650,000 small plastic flags, some with personal messages to those who have died, planted in 20 acres of the National Mall, Al Drago / Getty - Source

Listen: Keening of the Three Marys, William Coulter - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 119:49-72; Psalm 49; Genesis 37:25-36; 1 Corinthians 2:1-13; Mark 1:29-45

Pray: On Wednesdays, we'll pray the Confession and Litany of Penitence from the Ash Wednesday service in the Book of Common Prayer. Include the specific names of people and places that come to mind as you pray.

Do: On Wednesdays through Lent, consider fasting from spending money, and feast on giving alms instead.

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Breeze Rustling Through Fall Flowers, 1968, Alma W. Thomas | Photo: Victoria Emily Jones - Source

Listen: Dust Cain’t Kill Me, Secret Sisters - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics

Read: Psalm 45; Psalm 47-48; Genesis 37:12-24; 1 Corinthians 1:20-31; Mark 1:14-28

Pray: Prayer for honesty

Do: Spend some time journaling in response to today’s meditation.

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Carved Conversations, SaraNoa Mark - Source

Listen: Psalm 44, Streetlights - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 41, 52; Psalm 44; Genesis 37:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-19; Mark 1:1-13

Pray & Do: The Lord's Prayer - Adapted from this source.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Christ in the Wildnerness, Ivan Kramskoy - Source

Listen: There Is a Solitude, Luke Howard, Voces8 - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Deuteronomy 26:5-11; Psalm 91:9-16; Romans 10:4-13; Luke 4:1-13

Pray: Collect for the First Sunday in Lent

Do: On Sundays during Lent, we break our fast (at least partially) and feast on poetry.

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Making A Red Cross, Stanley Spencer - Source

Listen: Dead Man (Carry Me), Jars of Clay - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 30, 32; Psalm 42-43; Ezekiel 39:21-29; Philippians 4:10-20; John 17:20-26

Pray & Do: On Saturdays during Lent, we’ll spend about 15 minutes practicing a devotional exercise known as an examen.

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: The Prodigal Son, Letterio Calapai - Source

Listen: Abba (Live), The Worship Initiative, feat. Davy Flowers - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 95; Psalm 31; Psalm 35; Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32; Philippians 4:1-9; John 17:9-19Pray: On Fridays during Lent, we will pray the traditionally-read prayers of the daily office that draw us into Psalm 95, known in Latin as the Invitatory and the Venite.

Do: Fast from one kind of food, one meal, or one whole day of eating today. Let your hunger prompt simple dependence and prayer, paying special attention to areas of numbness, disconnect, or denial that need God’s healing attention.

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Prayers of the People I, Meena Matocha - Source | IG

Listen: Amulet / The Jesus Prayer, Jeff Johnson & Janet Marie Chvatal - Bandcamp w/ lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 37; Habakkuk 3; Philippians 3:12-21; John 17:1-8

Pray & Do: Sit in silence for 5 minutes, praying only the ‘Jesus Prayer’.

Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time to practice Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: A house sits covered by a deep blanket of ash from a volcano erupting on La Palma, in Spain's Canary Islands, on October 30. After 85 days and eight hours of destruction, the Cumbre Vieja volcano in Spain's Canary Islands finally finished erupting on December 13, 2021. The volcanic eruption - sending lava into neighborhoods and raining ash downwind - was the island of La Palma's longest active eruption on record, according to Canary Island government officials. Emilio Morenatti / AP - Source

Listen: From the Dust, Paul Zach - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 103; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Ash Wednesday

Do: Attend an Ash Wednesday service