For many of us, Lent is a time of intentionality. Sometimes, I find Lent is a time of intentionally setting aside: fasting from something that is not life-giving for me or my community. Other years, I find Lent is a time of intentionally taking up: deepening my commitment to prayer or my attention to justice.Whether this Lent is for you a time of setting aside or taking up, I hope these justice-centered resource will be a blessing to your Lenten journey!
Environment, Climate, Creation
- Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Missioner for Creation Care for the Episcopal Dioceses of MA and SNEUCC, has offered this video-recorded sermon for churches to use
- Liturgical resources and inspiration from Let All Creation Praise: http://www.letallcreationpraise.org/worship-planning-for-spring
- Interfaith Power & Light – Faith Climate Action Week on “Sacred Trust: Our Children’s Right to a Livable Future”: https://www.faithclimateactionweek.org/order-supplies/
- Creation Justice Ministries has resources for both Lent and Earth Day. Links provided are for 2021 dates – 2022 resources TBA. Earth Day
- From the Episcopal Diocese of Western Mass: Renewing God’s Creation: Daily meditations for Lent
- Daily Lenten Meditations: For the Beauty of the Earth. Its daily Lenten meditations connect Christian faith with caring for God’s creation.
- Preaching Hope in a Climate Emergency: A Lenten Conversation with Jim Antal and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Tuesday, March 15, 10 – 11 AM. • Zoom (free)
- Reconciliation: Putting a Burden Down A Lenten Quiet Day with the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Saturday, March 19, 9:30 a.m. – 12 Noon • Online (free)
Poverty and Economic Justice
- Kairos Center – Maundy Thursday https://kairoscenter.org/sermons-bible-studies-liturgies/reading-the-bible-with-the-poor-maundy-thursday-resources/
- Other bible studies, liturgies, and sermons (not Lent-specific): https://kairoscenter.org/sermons-bible-studies-liturgies/
Queer Justice
- Unbound’s Queer Lenten devotional https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.44/q9z.526.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ashes-to-Rainbows-2.pdf
Disability Justice
- Unbound’s Anti-ableist Lenten devotional https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.44/q9z.526.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Disabling-Lent.pdf
Author
Noah Brewer-Wallin
Noah serves as the Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Southern New England Conference. Noah supports congregations in making God’s love real through engagement in environmental and economic justice. Contact them for: ...