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Beyond the Cliché: Can Suffering Actually Change Us for the Better?

Eric Clayton March 29, 2024

Here’s How Having an Accountability Partner Can Transform Your Lent

Sarah Garone March 20, 2024

Every year when Lent rolls around, like most Catholics, I choose something (or several somethings) to give up for 40 days. In general, it’s a…

From Self-Care to Soul-Care: 5 Creative Ways to Pray During Lent

Ashley Jonkman March 13, 2024

This year, Lent snuck up on me—I hardly knew it was February until I unwittingly found myself at a Mardi Gras celebration one Tuesday evening.…

Giving Up and Giving Away: Two Sides of the Lenten Coin

Teresa Coda March 7, 2024

When I consider Lent, the first question that comes to mind is “what should I give up?” Though abstaining from meat, chocolate, alcohol or one…

Why Lent Is a Great Time to Deal With Change

The Editors March 5, 2024

I’m terrible at handling change. I frequently treat change not as a graceful passage from one “life” room into another, but rather as a door…

Using Lent to Be the Best Version of Myself

Sarah Kimball February 29, 2024

I’ve always made an effort to leave the season of Lent as a better Christian and a better person overall. After experiencing plenty of Lents…

5 Books to Guide You Through Lent

Caitlin Elizabeth February 23, 2024

Growing up, I went to Catholic school, so Lent was always a big deal. We spent weeks talking about it, learning about the Bible stories,…

5 Ways to Make Lent More Spiritual This Year

Eric Clayton February 20, 2024

Lent, the Christian season of reflection and renewal, is an opportunity to step back and take a good, hard, 40-day look at our spiritual lives.…

Beyond Giving up Sugar: Why I’m Doing More This Lent

Alex Gaynor February 15, 2024

As a cradle Catholic, I grew up being told every year around February or March that I had to “give something up” for Lent. As…

Swiping Sabbatical: Why I Give up Dating Apps for Lent

Kara Detwiller February 12, 2024

On March 5, 2019, I updated my Bumble profile: “Giving up Bumble for Lent. (Not a joke. I’ll see you boys on April 21.)” Followed…

Appreciating Lent’s Lessons as a Non-Lent Follower

Heather Burtman March 22, 2023

I spent two years of elementary school at a private Lutheran School in Wisconsin. That was my introduction to Ash Wednesday and Lent, the Christian…

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