Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the link to see the full post.
Look: Leaping Flames, Lyon County, Kansas, 2009, Larry Swarm - Source
Listen: “O Lord Hear My Prayer” from Taizé Reflections, Vol. 1, Various Artists - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 102; Jeremiah 23:1-8; Romans 8:28-39; John 6:52-59
Pray: from Romans 8:31-32
Do: Spend 15 minutes in silence. Reflect prayerfully on the previous week.
Read MoreLook: The Divide (Wallen Ridge State Prison fence), Raymond Thompson, Jr. - Source
Listen: “Come by Here” and “Oh, Wallace” from Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama (A Documentary Recording by Carl Benkert), Various Artists - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 87, 90; Jeremiah 13:1-11; Romans 6:12-23; John 8:47-59
Pray & Do: Read, reflect, and repent with An American Lent (Week 4).
Read MoreWelcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.
Look: Girls in the Windows, Ormond Gigli (New York City, 1960) - Source
Listen: “Hunger” from High as Hope, Florence + The Machine - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 78:1-39; Jeremiah 7:21-34; Romans 4:13-25; John 7:37-52
Pray: Prayers of the People (Form VI), Book of Common Prayer
Do: Fast from preconceived notions (judgments). Feast on a hospitable imagination instead.
Read MoreWelcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.
Look: Central American Immigrant Caravan - Source
Listen: “Summa” from Tavener: The last sleep of the Virgin & Thunder entered her, Arvo Pärt, Chilingirian Quartet - Spotify | YouTube | Definition of “summa”
Read: Psalm 80; Jeremiah 7:1-15; Romans 4:1-12; John 7:14-36
Pray: Collect for Third Sunday in Lent, Book of Common Prayer
Do: Fast from preconceived notions (judgments). Feast on a hospitable imagination instead.
Read MoreWelcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.
Look: Glory, Roger May - Source
Listen: “Redemption Day” from American VI: Ain’t No Grave, Johnny Cash - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 45; Deuteronomy 9:4-12; Hebrews 3:1-11; John 2:13-22
Pray: Prayers of the People (Form VI), Book of Common Prayer
Do: Fast from TV / Entertainment this week. Read instead!
Read MoreAn Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?
For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.
Look: Religion In Prison, 2002-03, Serge Levy (source)
Listen: “O Holy Night / Hallelujah” from Oh For Joy, David Crowder Band
Read: Isaiah 22:22-23, 9:2-7, Revelation 3:7, 11-12, Matthew 16:13-19
Pray: “O come, O Key of David, come, and open wide our heavenly home; make safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery.”
Do: Get involved with Equal Justice Initiative (or a similar organization).
Read MoreAn Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?
For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.
Look: A Cosmic Shroud, Hubble Space Telescope image (source)
Listen: “Creator of the Stars of Night”, Gregorian Chant for Advent & Christmas, Gregorian Chant Schola of Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Read: Proverbs 8:1,22-36, Isaiah 11:2-3a, I Corinthians 1:26-31, John 1:1-5
Pray: “O come, O Wisdom from on high, who orders all things mightily; to us the path of knowledge show, and teach us in her ways to go.”
Do: Spend 5-15 minutes in complete silence, listening to God.
Read MoreAn Advent daybook for these 24 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?
For an introduction read this post: Advent Daybook explained. You can see previous Advent daybook 2018 posts here.
Look: JR, Gigantic Picnic at the US-Mexico Border Fence, 2018 (source)
Listen: "Rise Up" from Lamentations, Bifrost Arts Music
Read: Psalm 10 - 11, Isaiah 1:21-31, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Luke 20:9-18
Pray: The Lord’s Prayer
Do: Place a nativity set where you’ll be able to see it daily during Advent. If you own more than one, consider combining them all into a caravan.
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