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: Confederate Truce Flag, Sonya Clark - Source & Monumental Cloth: The Flag We Should Know, Sonya Clark Source

Read about the unassuming white dishtowel used at the end of the Civil War: "The historic object is utterly unassuming, a fringed white linen dishtowel yellowed with age, with three skinny red stripes along its border. And despite the important role it played in ending the bloodiest conflict in our nation’s history, hardly anyone knows it exists.

In comparison, the Confederate battle flag has been slapped on countless commercial goods—one of Clark’s pieces at the Fabric Workshop, Propaganda, offers a written list of 200 items decorated with the Stars and Bars that are available for purchase, including bikinis, bumper stickers, and yoga mats.

That the truce flag has been forgotten while the battle flag has been memorialized—defended as a symbol of Southern heritage, rather than denounced as one of a violent conflict fought in defense of slavery—seemed to Clark an historical imbalance that she could help correct."

Listen*: Stand Up (from Harriet, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Cynthia Erivo - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 137, 144; Exodus 10:21-11:8; 2 Corinthians 4:13-18; Mark 10:46-52

Pray & Do:

Each week during Lent, we will devote Saturdays to connecting with An American Lent from The Repentance Project. It's God's kindness that leads us to repentance, and in His kindness and provision for reconciliation, He invites us to make confession and ask for forgiveness on behalf of not only ourselves but our forefathers and mothers. We carry a heavy load of guilt and grief in our nation as a result of centuries of grievous sin and unrelenting injustice against African Americans.

Go here to download a PDF or subscribe to receive daily reflections from An American Lent.

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 locust invasion is the biggest in Ethiopia and Somalia in 25 years, and the biggest in Kenya in 70 years, according to the FAO, Ben Curtis/AP - Source

Listen*: Deus, Deus meus, respice in me (Psalm 22), Chanticleer (Andrea Gabrieli) - Text & Translation | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 22; Exodus 9:13-35; 2 Corinthians 4:1-12; Mark 10:32-45

Pray & Do: Traditionally, the Church sets aside Lenten Fridays, the weekday of Jesus’ crucifixion, to abstain from eating meat or to a partial (one meal) or whole fast (24 hours without solid food). You can read more about this tradition and its spiritual implications here, here, or here.

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: Shelterers In The Tube, 1941, Henry Moore - Source

Listen*: Death Be Not Proud, Audrey Assad - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Based on "Holy Sonnets: Death, Be Not Proud" by John Donne

Read**: Psalm 131, 132, 133; Exodus 7:25-8:19; 2 Corinthians 3:7-18; Mark 10:17-31

Pray: Today, choose one more of these prayers from the Book of Common Prayer. Include the specific names of people that come to mind as you pray. You can find a collection of prayers especially meaningful for this time at our church's website,

Do: This week, fast 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: Moses and the Brazen Serpent, Augustus John - Source

Listen*: What Wondrous Love Is This, Blue Highway - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 119:145-176; Exodus 7:8-24; 2 Corinthians 2:14-3:6; Mark 10:1-16

Pray: from "Ash Wednesday" by T.S. Eliot - Source

Do: Fast from spending money. 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: Cabeza de Cristo, Paulo Medina - Source

Listen*: Rescue Is Coming (B Walk Down Stairs), David Crowder Band - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 121, 122, 123; Exodus 5:1-6:1; 1 Corinthians 14:20-33a,39-40; Mark 9:42-50

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Prayers of the People (Form VI)

Do: Fast from spending money. 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: Late May, Deidre Scherer - Source | H/T

Listen*: How Long, How Long, Bill Fay - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 31; Exodus 4:10-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-19; Mark 9:30-41

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

Do: Fast from spending money. Feast on giving alms.

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: Cow's Skull With Calico Roses, Georgia O'Keefe - Source

Listen*: Ezekiel 2, Ashley Cleveland - Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130 ; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Fifth Sunday in Lent

Do: Today's a day to break your fast (at least partially). Enjoy something you've given up, giving thanks to Christ for the abundance we receive from his obedience and great love.

Spend a few moments preparing for the fifth week of Lent.

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:

1. Sheol, Rod Brown - Source

2. Men mourn the death of Freddie Gray in West Baltimore, April 28, 2015. Yunghi Kim/Contact Press Images. - Source

Listen*: I Am King, Ray Hodge - Lyrics & H/T | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 107; Exodus 2:23-3:15; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Mark 9:14-29

Pray & Do:

Each week during Lent, we will devote Saturdays to connecting with An American Lent from The Repentance Project. It's God's kindness that leads us to repentance, and in His kindness and provision for reconciliation, He invites us to make confession and ask for forgiveness on behalf of not only ourselves but our forefathers and mothers. We carry a heavy load of guilt and grief in our nation as a result of centuries of grievous sin and unrelenting injustice against African Americans.

Go here to download a PDF or subscribe to receive daily reflections from An American Lent.

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 Ninth Wave, Ivan Aivazovsky - Source

Listen*: O Nata Lux, Lauridsen, Voces8 - Text& Translation | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 102; Exodus 2:1-22; 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:3; Mark 9:2-13

Pray & Do:Traditionally, the Church sets aside Lenten Fridays, the weekday of Jesus’ crucifixion, to abstain from eating meat or to a partial (one meal) or whole fast (24 hours without solid food). You can read more about this tradition and its spiritual implications here, here, or here.

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: Women Fighting Demons, Caitlin Connolly - Source | H/T

Listen*: Torches, The Oh Hellos - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 69; Exodus 1:6-22; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26; Mark 8:27-9:1

Pray: Today, choose one more of these prayers from the Book of Common Prayer. Include the specific names of people that come to mind as you pray. You can find a collection of prayers especially meaningful for this time at our church's website.

Do: Fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness 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: Family At Sundown, Susan Lichtman - Source

Listen*: Learn To Be Still, Eagles - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read**: Psalm 101, 109; Genesis 50:15-26; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Mark 8:11-26

Pray: from "Ash Wednesday" by T.S. Eliot - Source

Do: Fast from taking offense. Feast on acts of forgiveness instead.