Lenten Writing Project Reboot 2020! Writers' Reflections in the Wilderness of Lent
Words of Faith
Spirit to Spirit Writing Project
The word Lentcomes 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 21, 2016
Sunday Picture Prompt #2: Up
Sunday Picture Prompt #2
from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/farbspiel/4388983857/
Staircase of Ulm Minster Lutheran church in Ulm, Germany
taken by Klaus Herrmann
Beauty is one of those experiences that you know it when you see it. It is found in both the most simple and the most complicated places.
In the simple and clear color of a new spring flower I experience a beauty that is timeless and awe inspiring.
And in the cathedrals of faith built over the span of a century by craftsmen and perhaps slaves who would never see it completed and yet whose labor added to its glory I experience beauty in all its complexity and grandeur.
All of it, takes my breath away and gives it back full.
Simple and Complicated Beauty
ReplyDeleteBeauty is one of those experiences
that you know it when you see it.
It is found in both the most simple
and the most complicated places.
In the simple and clear color
of a new spring flower
I experience a beauty that is timeless
and awe inspiring.
And in the cathedrals of faith
built over the span of a century
by craftsmen and perhaps slaves
who would never see it completed
and yet whose labor added to its glory
I experience beauty in all its complexity
and grandeur.
All of it, takes my breath away
and gives it back
full.
And even now, we are still building a cathedral of faith. Thank you for your poem!
DeleteSUNDAY PICTURE PROMPT#2
ReplyDeleteBehold!
The Tree of Life!
Growing up into a starry cathedral dome,
With windows so clear they seem empty of glass
Like a ghost church,
It appears ancient;
A monolith
Reaching up to Heaven
Or from Heaven to the Earth,
Like Jacob's Ladder
Surely Sacred Space
fHs
I love the Jacob's Ladder referece. Thank you for your poem!
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