Lent Preview — Week THREE
Posted March 7, 2015
on:Daily Lenten Nudges
Online I offer free resources for the 40 days of Lent that center around Alternatives’ legacy resources based on Liturgical Year B (Mark). For a gentle daily reminder, follow me on Twitter or Linked-In.
Two 40-day calendars:
And two study guides that include weekly reflections and activities:
- Learning to Live by God’s Truth
This Week
3/8-Third Sunday in Lent: Read your 40-day guide and the reflection for this day in your chosen series.
3/9-Mon., Lent 17: Read guide & activities, select one to do
3/10-Tues., Lent 18: Read guide & The Pinch
3/11-Wed., Lent 19: Read guide & If I’ve Told You Once, I’ve Told You a 1000 Times
3/12-Thur., Lent 20: Read guide & Lenten Reflection 1
3/13-Fri., Lent 21: Read guide & Lenten Reflection 2
3/14-Sat., Lent 22: Read guide & catch-up on an item you may have missed during the week.
3/15-Fourth Sunday in Lent: Read guide & reflection for this day in your chosen series.
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What’s NOW with SLW!
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Simple Living Works! Podcast
March 1 — Episode 40 – Joel Zaslofsky || Joel’s my first guest not of my generation, one of the young adult champions of simple living today. Joel is the Chief Simplifier, Curator, and Founder at Value of Simple: Liberate Your Time Money and Talent. He also hosts the popular Smart and Simple Matters show. His recent book is Experience Curating: How to Gain Focus, Increase Influence and Simply Your Life. He organizes the annual SimpleREV Movement & Conference — Revive and Rev It Up! + All Things SimpleREV Podcast.
COMING — Episode 41 – March 15 – Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and editor-in-chief of YES! Magazine, and author of Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference. (Preview podcast now.)
- Who’s Risen from the Dead, Anyway? is an expanding, free collection of alternative resources for Lent/Holy/Week/Easter. This year it features ten lenten blogs by author, speaker, workshop leader Susan Vogt. Susan is also our interviewee on two episodes of SLW! Podcast. Part One || Part Two || Susan’s Site: marriage, parenting, spirituality, leadership, workshops, books, about Susan. || Contribute to Who’s Risen from the Dead, Anyway? online. | Submission Guidelines
- Alternative Ash Wed. and Lent, Feb. 18-April 4
- MORE Free Lent/Easter Alternative Resources
- Simpler Living Alternative Daily Calendar – March
- Check out a few of SLW! thought-provoking, timely resources that might meet your personal, family or congregational/group needs. They’re all FREE. Visit Seasonal/Thematic Resource Index
What’s Coming
What’s Happened
- Lent Preview – Week TWO
- Lent Preview – Week ONE
- Lent Preview – Week ZERO
- Previews of Simple Living Blogs, Podcasts and Sites // New Collaborators and Champions
- Recent Responses to all SLW! media, including links
What Others Are Doing
- The Common Good Podcast
Episode 57: Marco Tavanti on Sustainable Development - NEW three minute film: Ecology and Economics—Colleagues, Not Rivals || Conversation about The OneEarth Project and the book, Blinded by Progress: Breaking Out of the Illusion That Holds Us, by Lee Van Ham. | TheCommonGoodPodcast.com, episode 42 | Lee’s new Slide Show
- Godspace for Lent 2015: Seven Tips for Creating Sacred Space for Lent || 5 Ways to Foster Creativity in Kids During Lent || Get Creative and Play Games in Lent
- Colleague Kevin Tupper’s new Christian Simplicity site is starting a new discussion using Mark Scandrette’s book, “FREE: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most.” He welcomes anyone to join in.
- Lenten Reflection: Thinking about food in a time of fasting
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