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A few years ago, my church began preparing for Lent on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday by having us all sing Turn Turn Turn, that classic song by The Byrds. We all literally turned around in a full circle each time we sang “turn, turn, turn.” Apart from being a dizzying experience, that song helped us enter a season of turning closer to God. We talked together about what it meant to turn back to God or to turn closer to God in the season of Lent and throughout all of the seasons of our lives.
PWRDF's 2018 Lenten Resource will invite you to do some turning of your own throughout the season. It will encourage you to reflect on and engage with some of the challenges in the world, but will also offer you stories of some of the amazing, wonder-filled, and holy work being done by PWRDF and partners throughout the world. As you read these stories and journey through the lectionary readings for Lent, consider the ways in which you are called to turn – perhaps towards God, or towards new action, or deeper understanding.
Each week will explore a different theme of PWRDF and partners' work. The reflections and prayers draw on Good News Stories from PWRDF and from the Revised Common Lectionary for Year B. Each day will either share a story and invite you to reflect on it, or will offer prompts for you to Pray, Act and Give.
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