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February 2026

February 27, 2026

DISCUSS: Are You Doing Anything Special for Lent?

It's Lent, traditionally a time to fast (or diet), give things up (like social media),...

March 2025

March 05, 2025

Lenten Sermons That Stopped the Chaos

The first week of Lent, 503 years ago, Wittenberg was in a state of chaos....

February 2024

February 14, 2024

When Ash Wednesday Falls on Valentine’s Day

This year Ash Wednesday falls on St. Valentine's Day. So do we have romantic dinners,...

February 27, 2023

Lent as Training

The disciplines of Lent are good ways to train ourselves for the difficulties ahead. And...

February 22, 2023

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

Contrary to what we have been told, "Ring around the Rosie" is NOT about dying...

February 17, 2021

An Evangelical Discovers the Need for Lent & Confession

A minister calls for his fellow evangelicals to recover the disciplines of Lent and the...

February 26, 2020

Escaping the World vs. Escaping Yourself

This is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a day and a season to reflect...

December 2019

December 25, 2019

Amid the Cold of Winter

Winter is a time of darkness, cold, and lifelessness. And yet, Christmas, unlike other winter...

March 2019

March 06, 2019

The Fasting and Feasting of Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I love this season of the church...

March 07, 2017

The liquid bread fast

In the 17th century, a strict order of monks gave up all solid foods for...

March 01, 2017

“Welcome, dear feast of Lent”

"Welcome, dear feast of Lent," wrote George Herbert in a poem on the subject. Of...

March 01, 2017

Mortification of the flesh

Lent has traditionally been a time to practice "mortification of the flesh." That's another concept...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

An online, social media Lenten observance

Tomorrow is the beginning of Lent, a time for reflection and devotion. Christ Lutheran Church...

April 2016

April 04, 2016

The 49 days of Easter

The somber season of Lent seems to last forever (40 days, not counting the six...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

A fine video on “What Is Lent?”

More good stuff from Concordia Publishing House. Thanks to Bruce Kintz, via Face Book.

February 12, 2016

Giving up something for Lent

There is a great piece on Lent in the Federalist by my friend Todd Peperkorn. He...

February 10, 2016

“Why We Don’t Do Ashes on Ash Wednesday”

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I love the rite of the imposition...

February 18, 2015

A video for Lent

Concordia Publishing House has put together an excellent video explaining what Lent is all about. ...

February 18, 2015

Lenten reading

One of my customary Lenten observances is always to read some heavy-duty theology or some...

February 18, 2015

Lent and Ash Wednesday are NOT pagan relics (a rerun)

Time to rerun a post from last year: Pastor Joseph Abrahamson dismantles the myth that...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

A Reformed & a Lutheran take on Lent

The online periodical the Federalist has two articles on Lent--specifically, on observances such as giving...

March 05, 2014

Fasting for 40 days before Easter

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. There are those who claim that...

March 18, 2013

Have an unglorious Passiontide

This is the week before Holy Week, a part of the church year known as...

March 14, 2013

Lent and Vocation

Daniel Siedell, in the course of discussing the Russian film The Passion of Andrei Rublev...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

Alligator is considered a fish for lent

Roman Catholics may not eat meat on Fridays during Lent, though they may eat fish. ...

February 13, 2013

Lent and Ash Wednesday are NOT pagan relics

Pastor Joseph Abrahamson dismantles the myth that Lent and its practices have pagan origins. An...

February 12, 2013

What to read for Lent?

One of the ways I observe Lent (which starts tomorrow) is to read. I know,...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

Christmas in Lent

Last Sunday was not only the 5th Sunday of Lent; it fell on March 25. ...

March 02, 2012

Taking up the beer fast for Lent

The beer fast does not mean giving up beer. It means giving up everything except...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Lent begins

To contemplate Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, those sobering words accompanying the imposition...