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.
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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: “Forgive Thy Other”, Scott Erickson - Source
Listen: Listen: “Peace (A Communion Song)” from A Liturgy, A Legacy, & A Ragamuffin Band, Rich Mullins - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics
Read: Psalm 101, 109; Jeremiah 18:1-11; Romans 8:1-11; John 6:27-40
Pray: from John 6:33
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.
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).
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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: 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: 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.
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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: Cain and Abel, Titian - Source
Listen: “Adagio for Strings, Op. 11” from Barber: Cello Concerto - Medea Suite - Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber, Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 69; Jeremiah 5:1-9; Romans 2:25-3:18; John 5:30-47
Pray: The Lord’s Prayer
Do: Spend 15 minutes in silence. Reflect prayerfully on the previous week.
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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: 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: 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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