Clerestory Notes

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Clerestory Notes features original musical and textual resources and reflections for worship planners, liturgists, and individuals, and is a gathering space for anyone interested in these things and in contemplating the intersections of worship, liturgy, faith, and culture.

Blessed Lent --
     We are now in the liturgical season of Lent.
     We often speak of our observance of this season
     as a journey. For Lent is not only a time of focus and
     reflection on the atoning and reconciling work of
     Christ. It is an invitation--even more, a calling--
     to walk in Christ's own footsteps, to take on His
     likeness, and to follow Him in His journey to the foot
     of the cross. For many, Lent has taken on the special
     characteristic and practice of spiritual discipline--
     a time of putting something off (a habit perhaps, an
     attitude, or an indulgence) in order to make time
     and room in our lives for those activities and
     attitudes that draw us closer to God and enable us
     to serve others. During Lent, in some ways more
     consciously than in other seasons, we seek to become
     ever more like Christ--in His devotion to the Father's
     will, in His acts of love and service, and also in His
     sufferings--that we may be increasingly formed into
     His iimage and filled with His heart and mind.
 

Resources for the Seaon of Lent-- 
      Liturgies, reflections, readings, music suggestions,
      prayers, and more are here to aid in worship
      preparation, individual devotions, and contemplation
      as you embark on your Lenten journey.