Lent 2024: Resources to Deepen Your Reflection This Year
Lent isn’t just a time to give up bad habits, it’s an important period in the church calendar where we’re encouraged to reflect on God’s work in our lives and how we can better serve Him.
With that in mind, many people take this time to reignite their spiritual practice with daily devotionals, prayer inspiration, and other resources. Below you’ll find a round-up of 2024 Lenten materials - all with various themes and formats, and all free.
Whether you’re meditating on creation, seeking a closer connection with God, or just looking for fun exercises you can share with the kids, there’s lots to help you prepare, plan and pray as we journey towards Easter.
PWRDF: Seeding Health: Lenten Meditations on the Climate Crisis and Well-being
Sign up here for daily emails from the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund throughout Lent. Each email will contain a reflection from biblical scholar Dr. Sylvia Keesmaat, focusing on our relationships with one another, with creation and with God.
Church of England: Watch and Pray
Visit the Church of England’s website here for resources including a daily reflections booklet for adults and a book of daily challenges for kids and families. Created around the Watch and Pray theme, these encourage readers to seek God in familiar and unfamiliar surroundings as we prepare for Easter.
Living Compass: Living Well Through Lent
Living Compass has produced a Lent Devotional entitled ‘Living Well Through Lent: Practicing Forgiveness with all your Heart, Soul, Strength and Mind’. The booklet is available as a free download and you can also sign up for a daily email with reflections from influential Christian thinkers and clergy. Visit their website here.
St Paul Center: Exodus & Exile
The St Paul Center’s Lenten challenge, Exodus & Exile, is a 40-day journey through Exodus, covering one chapter of the book every day during Lent. Led by renowned theologian Dr John Bergsma, it’s free to join the challenge and users receive daily videos, reflections, email reminders, and an all-access pass to the St Paul Center’s extensive resource library. Visit their website here to find out more.
Biola's Center for Christianity, Culture, and the Arts: Lent Project
This multimedia online initiative offers daily devotionals to reflect on the meaning of the Lenten season. Each day of the Lent Project features a Scripture passage, a devotional written by a member of the Biola community, a work of fine art, a poem, and a piece of music. Find out more or subscribe here.