Journey to the Cross, a devotional series for Lent, returns to d365.org, beginning on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17. This free series features Scripture, prayer and brief meditative thoughts accompanied by gentle music. This year’s themes and writers are as follows.
Devotions are accompanied by Lenten hymn arrangements and meditative songs from musicians including Mark Hayes, Rodrigo Rondriguez, Ken Medema, Carter Harrell and Garry Bailey.
Journey to the Cross is part of the year-round devotional website and app d365, a ministry of PASSPORT Inc. sponsored ecumenically by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Presbyterian Mission Agency and the Episcopal Church. Daily devotionals are available 365 days of the year on d365.org and through free Apple and Android apps.
This year’s Lenten devotional writers include Angela Grover, director of Christian education at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in Boerne, Texas; Mark Wingfield, executive director and publisher of Baptist News Global, Dallas; Brian Smith, chaplain at Episcopal University Center, Chapel of the Resurrection and Ruge Hall, Tallahassee, Fla.; Colleen Burroughs, vice president of communication for PASSPORT; Wendy Karr Johnson, Episcopal Service Corps coordinator; Peter Hanson, lead pastor at Christ the King Lutheran Church, New Brighton, Minn.; Mary Alice Birdwhistell, pastor of Highland Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky.; and Kathryn Threadgill, associate director of theology, formation and evangelism, Presbyterian Mission Agency.