Lent Resources

Classes & Workshops

Spiritual Direction

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Email Matthew for your copy of our updated list of Spiritual Directors.

Meditation/Prayer Support

• Healing Prayer as Contemplative Prayer, Matthew’s Wednesday evening class in Lent

• Wednesday nights at Trinity (September-May) – A class on Spiritual Practice every Wednesday class term

• Contemplative Mini-Retreats at Trinity, every 3rd Saturday

• Mindfulheart Meditation – Fridays from 12:00-1:00 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Parish, led by the Rev'd Kevin Thew-Forester, the new priest-in-charge.

• Future offerings:

  • Centering Prayer group at Trinity, starting this October

  • Centering Prayer Introductory Training - Wednesday nights at Trinity, October 2020

Climate Fasting

People from all walks of life are fasting to stand in solidarity with vulnerable people most affected by climate impacts.

A growing movement of fasters, including many youth groups, environmentalists and faith communities, is calling for world leaders to act to stop the climate crisis. READ MORE

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Other ways to make a difference:

• Reduce your carbon footprint, calculate your carbon footprint, and explore ways to reduce or offset your carbon use. READ MORE

• Type “How to reduce my carbon footprint at home” into a Google search for ideas.

Digital Fasting

Also known by various other terms like “digital detox,” “digital Sabbath,” and “unplugging”, the idea behind a digital fast is to voluntarily and deliberately stop using all connected devices (smartphones, computers, tablets, and so on) that plug you to the internet for a pre-specified amount of time.

The abstention could be for as little as a few hours; however, most digital fasts are at least a day long, and many span an entire weekend or even longer. (Psychology Today).

Learn more about digital fasting as a Lenten Practice:

• 10 elements of a Sabbath Manifesto: READ HERE

• Five Ways to Fast from Technology During Lent: READ HERE

Lenten Reading

Lent Reads:

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Reading for Lent: Nonfiction

• The Path of Centering Prayer: Deepening your Experience of God, David Frenette

• Contemplative Healing: The Congregation as Healing Community, Francis Geddes

• The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen your Spiritual Practice, Thich Nhat Hanh

• The Cloud of Unknowing, new translation by Carmen Acevedo-Bucher

• Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki

• Living Zen, Loving God, Ruben Habito

Reading for Lent: Poetry & Fiction

• Practicing Resurrection: 40 Poems for Lent (hard copies available outside Stearns Library)

• Mary Oliver and the Poetry of Lent – A Lenten Devotional

• Imago Dei: Poems from Christianity and Literature, Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner, ed.

Reclaiming Jesus

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and a broad range of bishops, theologians, activists, and teachers urge us to a season of Prayer, Fasting, Repentance, and Action for the sake of our nation.

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