Lent Archives

By The Editors4 min read

Our creative ideas will help your family be inspired and grow closer to God.

By Rick Hamlin3 min read

If your prayer life has gone stale, and you’re in a spiritual rut, welcome to this season of inner growth.

By Rick Hamlin2 min read

Guideposts executive editor Rick Hamlin sees Lent as a time to remember that we have both physical and spiritual needs.

By The Editors4 min read

Fun and meaningful ways to celebrate the Lenten season together.

By The Editors4 min read

Fasting as a path to spiritual growth during Lent

By The Editors1 min read

By Patty Kirk2 min read

Her daughter wanted to give up meat for Lent, but was it a meaningful sacrifice?

By Patty Kirk5 min read

Lent doesn’t always mean forbidding ourselves pleasure; it can be an opportunity to seek the pleasure of God’s love and presence.

After boyhood memories of candle wax and incense and saints, finding a Lenten practice in a last act of love.

For dad, it was giving up. For mom, it was taking on. A son, years later, considers how best to prepare for the miracle of Easter.

Ashes, like sins, can be transformed into something cleansing and health-giving.

By The Editors4 min read

Here are our favorite ways to make the most of the Lenten season.