Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Click through the title link to see the full post.
Look: The Waiting Room, George Tooker - Source
Listen: “Something to Believe In”, The New Respects - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 131, 132; Jeremiah 26:1-16; Romans 11:1-12; John 10:19-42
Pray: from Psalm 131
Do: Fast from spending money, and feast on giving alms.
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Look: A Grove of 6 Women, Caitlin Connolly - Source
Listen: Listen: “In Labor All Creation Groans” from Lamentations, Bifrost Arts Music - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 69; Jeremiah 22:13-23; Romans 8:12-27; John 6:41-51
Pray: from Romans 8:26
Do: Fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.
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Look: Prodigal, Charlie Mackesy - Source
Listen: “Wandering Boy” from Dark Matter, Randy Newman - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 89:1-18; Jeremiah 16:10-21; Romans 7:1-12; John 6:1-15
Pray: Collect for Fourth Sunday in Lent, Book of Common Prayer
Do: Fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.
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Look: Atlas, Jan Maris - Source
Listen: “Jesus” from Welcome to the Welcome Wagon, The Welcome Wagon - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 88; Jeremiah 11:1-8,14-20; Romans 6:1-11; John 8:33-47
Pray: from Psalm 88:1-2
Do: Spend 15 minutes in silence. Reflect prayerfully on the previous week.
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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.
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Look: Immersion 17 (Suspended Sculpture), Kathy Venter - Source
Listen: “Revelator” from Time (The Revelator), Gillian Welch - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics (one explicit word in these lyrics)
Read: Psalm 61, 62; Jeremiah 2:1-13; Romans 1:16-25; John 4:43-54
Pray: Prayers of the People (Form VI), Book of Common Prayer
Do: Fast replacement symbols for language - emojis and social media “likes” - and feast on the language of lament and amazement instead.
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Look: Jésucristo, retablo of Jesus Christ, Juanito Jimenez - Source
Listen: “Agnus Dei” from He Will Not Cry Out, Bifrost Arts Music (feat. Timbre Cierpke) - Spotify | YouTube | Text
Read: Psalm 41, 52; Deuteronomy 8:11-20; Hebrews 2:11-18; John 2:1-12
Pray: Collect for First Sunday in Lent, Book of Common Prayer,
Do: Fast from TV / Entertainment this week. Read instead!
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Look: Ecco Homo, J Kirk Richards - Source
Listen: “Messiah: Part the Second: No. 22 Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God”, Handel Messiah, The Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra - Spotify | YouTube | Text
Read: Psalm 37:1-18; Deuteronomy 7:6-11; Titus 1:1-16; John 1:29-34
Pray: adapted from John 1:32, 34
Do: Sit in silence for 5 minutes, praying only the Jesus Prayer
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: The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, the Young John the Baptist and Two Angels, Raphael
Listen: “I Am Sure I Shall See the Goodness of the Lord” from Christe Lux Mundi, Taizé
Read: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18
Pray: “Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Third Sunday in Advent)
Do: For the next 7 days of Advent, we’ll be joining in with countless Christians over the centuries who pray the “O Antiphons” the week before Christmas. Read some of the history in the links provided.
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: Frieze of Prophets, North Wall, 1895, John Singer Sargent
Listen: “Let All Mortal Flesh” from Salvation Is Created, Bifrost Arts Music
Read: Psalm 119:25-48, Isaiah 6:1-13, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, John 7:53-8:11
Pray & Do: Talk with someone about the word or phrase that inspired or puzzled you from today’s Scripture readings.
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: Daniel O. Stolpe, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1995 (source)
Listen: "Keep Your Lamps” from That Eternal Day, Cantus
Read: Psalm 9, 15, Isaiah 5:8-12,18-23, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Luke 21:20-28
Pray: Prayers of the People (Form 6), Book of Common Prayer
Do: Refrain from a favorite beverage, dessert, or entire meal today.
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: Love One Another, Laura James (source)
Listen: "Savior of the Nations Come” from Advent No. 2, Holy City Hymns
Read: Psalm 12, 13, 14, Isaiah 2:1–11, 1 Thessalonians 2:13–20, Luke 20:19–26
Pray: On Thursdays through Advent we’ll practice a 5-minute contemplative prayer method adapted from Joshua Banner’s booklet “40 Ways To Spend 5 Minutes With God”.
Do: Re-write Psalm 13:5-6 in your own words to pray throughout the day.
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: Nicolas Sanchez, Escape, 2017 (source)
Listen: "Winterfire" from Uncomplicated Christmas Songs, Hymns from Nineveh
Read: Psalm 7; Isaiah 1:10–20; 1 Thessalonians 1:1–10; Luke 20:1–8
Pray: Prayers of the People (Form 6), Book of Common Prayer
Do: Today, let running water remind you to pray and give thanks for forgiveness.
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