Words of Faith

Words of Faith

Spirit to Spirit Writing Project

The word Lent comes from an old English word meaning lengthening of days. In Christianity, it refers to the time before Easter, traditionally observed through repentance and learning. It's a season to be intentional about changing and growing. Some people give up items to create space and time for new life and habits to grow. Instead of giving something up, I invite you to try to commit to answering these writing prompts each of the 40 days of Lent. The discipline it takes to set aside time each day to reflect and write about God and your relationship with spirituality is a journey that you will emerge from with a renewed spirit. Every writer has their own special voice to add to this project, whether poetry, prose, essay, thoughts, lists, or through comments, prayer, and encouragement.

How do I participate?
Each day, a writing prompt will be posted. A prompt is a question or statement that is meant to inspire your thoughts in whatever genre you feel moved to write. Post your reflections as a comment under each day's prompt (for further instructions, see 'How To Post' on the right side of the page). It is up to you if you write, read, or pray along with us each of the 40 days of Lent or just drop in from time to time when the spirit moves you to participate. Writing regularly is a discipline that many writers struggle with and this is a way to involve that discipline as a Lenten practice. Through writing and leaving encouraging words for others in this project, we become a supportive spiritual writing community

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Tips for posting in the Lenten Writing Project

  1. It’s helpful to draft your work onto a word document before posting, just in case you encounter a glitch with the blog (not anticipated, but still) or press a wrong key, you can have a saved copy of your work!
  2. If you have a long piece that goes beyond the 4,5oo character limit (approximately 1 word doc page, if it's an essay), you can divide your work into 2 or more comments (with a ‘to be continued…’ and ‘…continued’) and post both.   We really want to read what you have!
  3. Sometimes you finish what you’ve written but may feel it’s too vulnerable or personal to publish.  Don’t let perfectionism keep you from posting, but if what comes out of your muse from the prompt is something that you feel is for your eyes only, that’s OK not to publish, of course.  The point is that you got some great inspiration from that day’s prompt and you finished it!
  4. You can encourage and comment on others’ posts and you can also comment on the comments of others’ posts.  One thing that makes this such a great project is hearing support back and giving support to others. 
  5. You can go back and write or comment on any prompt at any time.  There is no time limit on writing from the prompts.  You may have a piece that takes a long time to edit or you may not feel inspired or too busy that day.  Trying to write each day - even if what comes out isn't perfect or you don't feel inspired - is the discipline part of this Lenten writing challenge for those of you that are doing it this way.  Others are dropping in and writing when they want to and that’s wonderful too.  Either way that you choose to participate, I am so excited for the responses we’ve had so far.  Really great writing from everyone!
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM

    Ruth;
    Thanks for the blog-mistress work. Your leadership is much appreciated.

    ronaldo

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