On Line Resources for the Season of Lent 

• General Resources:
  • Lenten Season, Orthodox Christian Resources for the Lenten Fast, 2010.
  • Praying Lent, Collaborative Ministry Office, Creighton University, 2010.
  • Planning Helps and Resources for Lent, United Methodist Church GBOD.
  • Planning for Worship During Lent, Year C, Taylor Burton-Edwards and Daniel Benedict, United Methodist Church GBOD, 2010.
  • Lenten Season Directory, The Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, ELCA.
  • 2008 Lenten Resource, Metropolitan Community Churches, 2008.
  • The Season of Lent, ELCA. Lent Checklist.
  • Online Resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter, ELCIC's "Lift Up Your Hearts".
  • Lent: Call to Conversion, American Catholic.
  • The Season of Lent, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
  • Lenten Resources at Anglicans Online.
  • Jesus Today Tomorrow and Forever, Lent Course and Video.
• Worship Planning:
  • Evangelistic Preaching Helps: Preparing for the Lenten Season, Kwasi Kena, United Methodist Church.
  • Liturgies and Ideas for the Lenten Season, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  • Christian Prayers & Resources for Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter, inspired by the Celtic Christian Church.
  • Congretational Song during Lent, Gathering, from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc, 2010. (Terms of Use)
  • Lent Liturgy / Lenten Preparation Liturgy (catechumenate / RCIA style), Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand. Adapting Lent to the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Lent Planning Helps and Resources, United Methodist Church GBOD.
  • Worship Resources, The Journey of Lent, John van de Laar, Sacredise.
  • Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR.
  • Lent and Easter Resources, prayers, liturgies, etc, Katherine Hawker, Outside the Box.
  • Prayers on a Theme of Lent, Christian Prayers & Resources inspired by the Celtic Christian Church.
  • Inclusive Language Seekers Liturgies from Seekers Church:
    • "Darkness in an Age of Glare" (2007)
    • "Re-Viewing the Covenant" / "A Service of Healing" (2006)
    • "Learning Compassion" (2005)
    • "Invitation to Unknowing" (2004)
    • "Where is the Hunger, Where is the Hope?" (2003)
    • "First the Silence" (2002)
    • "Building an Altar of the Fragments" (2001)
    • "Pay Attention!" (2000)
    • "In the Belly of Paradox" (1999)
    • "A Way in the Wilderness" (1998)
    • "Preparing for the Not Yet" (1997)
    • "Entering Mystery Through Darkness" (1996)
  • A Prayer for Ash Wednesday (and for use in Lent) by Dr. William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
  • Wellspring Liturgies for Lent and Easter, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
  • Lent and Easter Worship Resources from Jeff Showder's The Billibong.
  • Lenten Candle Liturgy, Process and Faith.
  • Lenten Candle Extinguishing Liturgy, Preston Price, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
• Reconciliation Services & Resources:
  • A sample Lenten Reconciliation Service, Work of the People, Liturgy Notes of the Diocese of San Jose.
  • "Communal Reconciliation," Paul Turner, Ministry and Liturgy.
  • Lenten Reconciliation Service, www.jamesoregan.com.
• Art and Music:
  • "O Jesus, You Were Born to Be": Lenten Hymn and Study, Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, Tune: TRURO. United Methodist Church GBOD.
  • Lenten Prayer Response (Seven-Fold Choral Amen), Linda Dickson and George Mann, United Methodist Church GBOD.
  • Image-links at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
    • Temptation of Jesus
    • (see Holy Week Resources for a list of links to Holy Week images)
• Devotionals, etc:
  • "Walking to the Cross: A Lenten Devotional," Butch Odom, Hope and Healing.org, 2010.
  • Lenten Devotions, Reflecting on the Christian Season of Lent, Goshen College.
  • Green Lent, Ann Fontaine, Wyoming, USA, 2008.
  • "Brushstroke Meditations: Lenten Gospel Reflections through Chinese Characters," Rev. Elyn MacInnis in Shanghai, China. ECUSA Anglican and Global Relations.
  • "When We Are Real," a daily thought for Lenten reflection, explorefaith.org.
  • "Finding a Grown-Up Faith: five Steps to a Faith that Works," A Small Group Study Series for Lent, Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, Metropolitan Community Churches.
  • Praying Lent, Collaborative Ministry Office, Creighton University.
  • "Keeping a Holy Lent," downloadable booklet from King of Peace Episcopal Church, Kingsland, Georgia.
• Articles:
  • "Getting into the Rhythm of Lent," Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, Ship of Fools.
  • Searching for God: Reflections for the Six Weeks of Lent, at explorefaith.org.
    • "Leaving the Land of the Dead," Marcus J. Borg
    • "The Reality of Faith," the Rev. Dr. John R. Claypool
    • "The Size of Our Lens...The Size of Our God," the Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews
    • "Listening for God," the Rev. Margaret B. Gunness
    • "A Sign from God," Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein
    • "Our Spiritual Seasons," the Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems
  • "Three Keys to Lenten Joy," James A Wiseman, Word Among Us, 2005.
  • Lent, Wikipedia.
  • Lent, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • "Connecting Worship and Daily Living in Lent," United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
  • The Season of Lent, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
  • "Journey into Orthodox Christian Lent," Frederica Mathewes-Green, BeliefNet.
  • Keep A True Lent, Charles Fillmore. Complete online text at the Unity Home Page.
  • "The Mystery of Lent", Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
  • "Practice During Lent", Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
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  • Dana, MaryAnn McKibben, "'Scared Movement': An Introduction to the Lenten Texts," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year B)
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  • Gonzalez, Catherine Gunsalus, "Preaching the Lenten Lectionary," Journal for Preachers, 2008. (Year A)
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  • Kershner, Shannon Johnson, "Preaching the Lenten Texts," Journal for Preachers, 2007. (Year C)
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  • Long, Kimberly Bracken, "Forty Days in the Womb: Worshiping in Lent," Journal for Preachers, 2007.
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  • Myers, Eric T., "The Recovery and Refocusing of Lent: A Time for Baptism Preparation and Discipleship Renewal," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
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  • Simmons, Elizabeth McGregor, "Lent: A Time to Intensify Our Living into Christ," Journal for Preachers, 2009.
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  • Turner, Mary Donovan, "Lenten Light: Domestic Violence and Preaching," Journal for Preachers, 2007.
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