Resources to help observe the season of Lent are available online, from the Birmingham, Ala.-based Passport Inc., a Baptist congregation in Charlottesville, Va., and the Baptist Center for Ethics.
Journey to the Cross, a Lenten devotional series sponsored by Passport, features Scripture, prayer and meditative thoughts. Themes for each week are drawn from the texts themselves and reflect the Christian sojourn of self-examination during the Lenten season.
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Music is available to accompany the readings, crafted by pianist Ken Medema especially for Journey to the Cross. This collection of pieces is called Walking Toward Morning.
Passport is a nonprofit provide of ecumenical summer camps “that model important lessons like service in the name of Christ.” It is supported by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), United Methodist Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Journey to the Cross is part of Passport’s year-round devotion site, d365.org and also may be accessed on the Religious Herald’s home page at www.religiousherald.org.
All Souls has prepared both a short introduction to Lent, which includes suggestions for discerning a Lenten practice, and a prayer guide for the season.
An eight-week Lenten Bible study may be ordered online from EthicsDaily.com, an imprint of the Baptist Center for Ethics in Nashville, Tenn.
Designed for us ein Sunday school, it is a joint project with the Baptist World Alliance, with an emphasis on the witness and work of global Baptists.
Among the contributing writers are Daniel Carro, a Baptist World Alliance vice president, Latino strategist for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and professor at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Falls Church, Va.; Dina Carro, a member of the BWA study and research executive committee; and Craig Sherouse, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Richmond, Va.
Leader guides may be ordered for $3 and student guides for $18 at www.ethicsdaily.com.