Friday, February 21, 2014

A Preview of Lent

Lent-- the penitential season of preparation for Jesus' death and resurrection-- begins in just a few weeks. It is the perfect time to take on some structured reading and prayer, and there are many resources available in the Bookshop to help shape such a discipline.

One new book for Lent this year is God For Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Lent and Easter. The daily meditations contributions from Lauren Winner, James Schaap, Kathleen Norris, and others are complemented by reproductions of famous art.

Watch as two of the contributors, James Schaap and Luci Shaw, speak a little on their understanding of this church season: