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 14, 2016

We Pause To Bring You This Important Message...


If you are not able to post every day, do not worry

You are invited to run behind, just jump in, pick and choose, or however else you participate.

Even if you only write half the time, you would still have 20 pieces written!

For those who are new this year, I wanted to make sure that none of you feel discouraged.  Keep participating when you can.  It’s all very “Lenten” to fall short of our expectations.  We never fall short of God’s love.  Keep writing!  There are many others out there who have committed to reading and praying along and they (and I) are reading and praying for you!

If you have not participated yet and are on the fence, I invite you to jump in when the Spirit moves you (or even before that; sometimes the way to get inspired it to just start writing!) and join in.

Today is Sunday, so technically a break from the fasting and discipline of Lent.  That means I don’t post a traditional writing prompt.  However, I do post a extra picture prompt each Sunday because it’s fun to have a different way of being prompted to write if you don’t want to lose momentum.

Write. Reflect. Read. Pray. Encourage.

Blessings of inspiration and peace to you,

-          Ruth Hanley (blog coordinator)

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