The work looks different for each of us...
Lenten Questions + some Lent-y Links
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I’m asking several questions as I move through Lent1. Alongside my question for the year2: What is mine to do? I’m also asking how do I live and move and have my being?3 and how will I remain in my body?4
I’ve known that I wanted to circle my posts over the next 6 weeks around these questions, but it has taken some time to figure out how I want it to look. As I sat with the questions, I knew they were important but I wasn’t sure I had 40 days worth of words to say about them.
Then I realized how many of my friends and family are asking the same question — what is mine to do — not just me (of course)! It quickly became clear that so many of us are curious about this question, and we are all answering it differently. This is the beauty of it, because while there are some things that are all of ours to do, like loving our neighbor, the tangible form that it takes is unique to each of us.
With that said, I’m excited to let you know that each week of Lent I’ve invited different friends to join me here in this space. I’ve asked an Episcopal priest, a small business owner, a children’s librarian, and several others to answer these questions with us. I think now more than ever it’s important for us to remember — we are not alone and the work looks different for each of us.
To start us off, I’d love for you to consider our Lenten Questions5 for yourself. A practice that you might return to over the next few weeks:
How do you live and move and have your being? (Something unique about you, what draws you to the work you do and the life you live?)
What is yours to do? (What is the good work you are doing? Or hope to do?)
How will you remain in your body? (How do you keep from spiraling? How do you stay grounded? How do you not forget that you are a person with a body that needs to be cared for?)
alongside you in the questions,
Holly
Lent-y Links:
My friend, spiritual director, and yoga instructor Elizabeth Peterson has a Lenten Yoga Bundle coming up!
Another friend is beginning to host monthly Rest & Reflect groups, don’t miss Kate Laymon’s invitation to “Reflect on how God Meets You in Love in Your Everyday Life.”
A few books for kids / families that I recommend are Laura Alary’s Make Room and Gale Boss’ Wild Hope.
Last week, I offered a self-guided Lenten practice, it’s not too late to take a few minutes to consider how you’d like to enter the season of Lent:
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I’m excited to announce that I’ll be hosting an Eastertide Mini-Retreat! More details to come, but I’ll be offering it on Tuesday, May 6 from 7:30 - 9 pm CT and on Wednesday, May 7 from 12 - 1:30pm CT. I hope you’ll join me.
Acts 17:28 NRSVUE — ‘in him we live and move and have our being’
Inspired by a recent lecture I heard from Cole Arthur Riley!
This is what we’re calling them now, I guess??