Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time practicing Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Earth Element: Drought, Helen Klebesadel - Source | HT

Listen: This Wild Earth (Subjects), Young Oceans, feat. Josh Garrels - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics

Read: Psalm 41, 52; Psalm 44; Deuteronomy 8:11-20; Hebrews 2:11-18; John 2:1-12

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

Do: Fast TV & Entertainment this week; feast on reading instead!

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Is this your first time practicing Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael, George Segal (detail photos by Lazaro Llanes, Perez Art Museum Miami) - Source

Read commentary about this sculpture written by Nyasha Junior for The Visual Commentary on Scripture.

Listen: Psalm 51: Have Mercy Upon Me, Oh God, The Choir of Westminster Abbey - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, 25—3:7; Psalm 51:1-12; Romans 5:12-21; Matthew 4:1-11

Pray: Collect for the First Sunday in Lent

Do: On Sundays during Lent, we break our fast (at least partially) and feast on poetry.

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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: a small brown bird, Sister Corita Kent - Source

Transcribed text: “to believe in god is to know that all the rules are fair and that there will be wonderful surprises “(Ugo Betti)

Listen: Conversion, Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 30, 32; Psalm 42, 43; Deuteronomy 7:17-26; Titus 3:1-15; John 1:43-51

Pray & Do: On Saturdays during Lent, we’ll spend about 15 minutes practicing a devotional exercise known as an examen.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time practicing Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: Lord, Please Save, Sylwia Perczak - Source

Listen: What Wonderous Love Is This, Fernando Ortega - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 95; Psalm 31, 35; Deuteronomy 7:12-16; Titus 2:1-15; John 1:35-42

Pray: On Fridays during Lent, we will pray the traditionally-read prayers of the daily office that draw us into Psalm 95, known in Latin as the Invitatory and the Venite.

Do: Fast from one kind of food, one meal, or one whole day of eating today. Let your hunger prompt simple dependence and prayer, paying special attention to areas of numbness, disconnect, or denial that need God’s healing attention.

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Welcome to a Lent daybook for these 40+ days of prayerful repentance.

Is this your first time practicing Lent? Here's a simple introduction.

Look: The River, John August Swanson - Source

Listen: Lamb of God, The Welcome Wagon - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 37; Deuteronomy 7:6-11; Titus 1:1-16; John 1:29-34

Pray & Do: Sit silently for 5 minutes, praying only the ‘Jesus Prayer.’

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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: End-of-life doula Michelle Thornhill meets with her client, Estella Stackhouse, 101, at Stackhouse’s home in Philadelphia, on Jan. 19., September Dawn Bottoms for TIME - Source

Listen: Fix Me, Jesus, The American Spiritual Ensemble - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 103:8-14; 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Ash Wednesday

Do: Attend an Ash Wednesday service

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