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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: Agnus Dei, Willem Zijlstra - Source
Listen: Listen: “War Machine”, Bill Fay - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 119:145-176; Jeremiah 25:30-38; Romans 10:14-21; John 10:1-18
Pray: from John 10:16
Do: Fast from spending money, and feast on giving alms.
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Look: Pennsylvania Coal Town, Edward Hopper - Source
Listen: “Naked as We Came” from Our Endless Numbered Days, Iron & Wine - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 31; Jeremiah 24:1-10; Romans 9:19-33; John 9:1-17
Pray: Collect for Fifth Sunday in Lent, Book of Common Prayer
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: Jonah Drowning, Caleb Stoltzfus - Source
Listen: “Still Rolling Stones” from Look Up Child, Lauren Daigle - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 97, 99; Jeremiah 17:19-27; Romans 7:13-25; John 6:16-27
Pray: Prayers of the People (Form VI), Book of Common Prayer
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: Second Adam, Bruce Herman - Source
Listen: “What Wondrous Love Is This” from Getty Kids Hymnal: Family Hymn Sing, Keith & Kristyn Getty - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 42, 43; Jeremiah 10:11-24; Romans 5:12-21; John 8:21-32
Pray: The Lord’s Prayer
Do: Fast from preconceived notions (judgments). Feast on a hospitable imagination instead.
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Look: The Good Samaritan, after Delacroix, Vincent van Gogh - Source
Listen: “There Is A Balm In Gilead” from In Bright Mansions, The Fisk Jubilee Singers - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 119:97-120; Jeremiah 8:18-9:6; Romans 5:1-11; John 8:12-20
Pray: adapted from Romans 5:20
Do: Fast from preconceived notions (judgments). Feast on a hospitable imagination instead.
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Look: Meteors, 2017, Nicolas Sanchez - Source
Listen: “Abraham” from Seven Swans, Sufjan Stevens - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 75, 76; Jeremiah 5:20-31; Romans 3:19-31; John 7:1-13
Pray & Do: Read, reflect, and repent with An American Lent (Week 3).
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Look: Christ of Maryknoll, Franciscan Robert Lentz - Source
Listen: “Stricken, Smitten And Afflicted” from Beginnings, Fernando Ortega - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 71; Jeremiah 4:9-10,19-28; Romans 2:12-24; John 5:19-29
Pray: from John 5:24
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: Free For All, Dan Wicz - Source
Listen: “Half Crazy” from Sleeping Operator, The Barr Brothers - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 72; Jeremiah 3:6-18; Romans 1:28-2:11; John 5:1-18
Pray: Prayer of Confession (Rite II), 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: Branches With Almond Blossom, Vincent Van Gogh - Source
Listen: “Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: IV.Presto” from Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1 , Chris Thile - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 56, 57; Jeremiah 1:11-19; Romans 1:1-15; John 4:27-42
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Second Sunday in Lent
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: And the Darkness Has Not Overcome Us, 2017, Shin Maeng - Source
Listen: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 55; Deuteronomy 11:18-28; Hebrews 5:1-10; John 4:1-26
Pray & Do: Read, reflect, and repent with An American Lent (Week 2).
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