Perhaps you've been captivated by Jesus for a long time or are newly intrigued by him. You already know it's possible to be a Christian and not be very much like Jesus, but that's not what you want. Whether through your own study or your spiritual intuition, you sense that following the way of Jesus ought to be transformational for you and for the world you inhabit.

The urgent drive of our time-to always be moving upward and forward-has already taken its toll on you. You suspect an inward focus is necessary for personal healing and growth but wonder if it makes any difference for others in the world around you. And you definitely don't want to go backward, whether to past ways of thinking that were destructive or back to a world that is more hierarchical, violent, and exploitative. Perhaps you feel homeless spiritually and wonder which way you should go.

The gospel narrative of Jesus' life suggests a path. Walking Otherward is a forty-day devotional that follows the Gospel texts of Jesus' final weeks before his crucifixion. Each entry invites you to try on Jesus' attitude, setting aside self-centered, ego-defending ambition in exchange for other-centered, co-suffering love.

Rather than climbing upward, retreating backward, or withdrawing inward, Jesus' path invites us to walk otherward.

Walking Otherward is suitable for use during Lent or any other season of spiritual introspection.

Though most of us have never wandered a literal desert for forty years, we have all spent some time wandering in a wilderness of one kind or another. So, too, have many women across the pages of the Bible. In their stories of doubt and questioning, of dryness and distance, we can find guideposts for the inevitable wilderness periods in our own lives. As we enter into the wilderness season of the church year, this Lenten devotional by Joanna Harader explores the stories of thirty biblical women--from Eve to Mary Magdalene--who had their own such experiences. For some, the women inhabited a literal wilderness. For others, their wilderness was metaphorical. All were drawn closer to God, who does not leave us to wander alone.
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Embark on a Lenten journey with these women in the wilderness through daily reflections, prayer practices, and questions, as well as Sunday blessings accompanied by beautiful hand-cut paper artwork by Michelle Burkholder. From the author of Expecting Emmanuel, Prone to Wander provides resources for using the book in group and worship settings.
As you consider these women who inhabited a swath of wilderness spaces, draw closer to the God who met them--and meets you--there.

With keen insight and unwavering conviction, visionary pastor Kathy Escobar guides readers on a Lenten journey inspired by the ways of Jesus to dismantle the systems that perpetuate inequality and injustice.

From flipping the moneychangers' tables in the temple to uplifting the poor and marginalized, Jesus' actions and words turn the world's idea of power on its head.

With each week of Lent, readers will dig deeper into Jesus' challenge to the pervasive influence of privilege and oppression that have dominated since ancient times. Through poignant reflections and thought-provoking practices, readers will discover how they can harness the disruptive power of Jesus' teachings to effect meaningful change in their communities and beyond. Together, we can turn the tables and build a world where justice, healing, and greater equity reigns supreme.

This hugely heartening book on hope will galvanise readers into looking at the world and the challenges we're facing in a new way.

It gathers together a fantastic range of lively, up-and-coming writers who are willing to dig deep. Here they write passionately about what gives them hope, in reflections including Seeds of unity, A beautiful and messy awakening, Kingdom diplomacy across faiths, A vision for hope in politics, Wild paths of peace and Hope in suffering.

Wild Bright Hope urges us not only to embrace a more hopeful perspective, but also to consider how we ourselves might play a full part in bringing in the kingdom of God.

Sometimes a pause is good for the soul. It gives us the chance to regroup, reflect, and refocus on God.

In Pauses for Lent, Trevor Hudson offers a beautifully minimalist book in which he focuses on one word for each day of Lent. You are invited to pause, focus on the word, read a scripture and a brief meditation related to the word, and then offer a prayer.

Pausing in this way will help you carve out time for God and refresh your spirit even in the midst of a busy life. You may find yourself sensing God's presence in a new way and discovering that God wants to meet you in the midst of your life as it is, muddles and all.

Easter Book of Days: A Lenten Journey through the Passion and Resurrection by Gregory Kenneth Cameron offers a transformative and meditative experience to guide you through the sacred season of Lent. This beautifully illustrated Lenten reader, inspired by the medieval tradition of the Book of Hours, presents twenty-five profound meditations that awaken your spirit and invite you to encounter anew the story of Jesus's Passion, Cross, and Resurrection.

Each meditation is carefully crafted to deepen your understanding of key biblical characters and significant locations of the Passion narrative, drawing you closer to the heart of the story. Through the lens of Scripture, history, and tradition, Bishop Gregory Kenneth Cameron brings new depth to familiar figures like Mary Magdalene, Thomas, Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate, and many more, as well as places like the Cross of Jesus, the Empty Tomb, and the streets of Jerusalem.

This book is not just a collection of words--it's an invitation to visio divina, a sacred practice of meditative viewing inspired by the illuminated manuscripts of the past. Beautiful four-color illustrations accompany each meditation, allowing you to visually engage with the journey of Lent, enriching your spiritual experience through art and contemplation.

Through this powerful Lenten guide, you will:

• Step into the tradition of the Book of Hours, with twenty-five days of meditations and illustrations that bring the Passion to life.
• Encounter biblical characters--some familiar, others less well-known--like Lazarus, Barabbas, Simon of Cyrene, Claudia Procula, and Mary, the Mother of the Lord.
• Reflect on key locations such as the Temple of Solomon, Jerusalem, the Cross, and the Empty Tomb, seeing them in a new light.
• Enter into a deeper personal relationship with Jesus and His disciples, experiencing His death and resurrection in a way that transforms your faith.
• Embrace the beauty of Scripture and tradition through the words and images that invite you into a meaningful Lenten season.

Whether you're seeking spiritual nourishment during Lent or longing for a renewed connection with the Passion of Christ, Easter Book of Days offers a meditative journey that enriches your understanding of Easter and its profound significance. This book is perfect for personal reflection, group study, or as a thoughtful gift to help others experience the transformative power of Jesus's love this Lent and Easter season.

Think, pray, and reflect through the stories of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

In this volume, N. T. Wright guides you on a journey through the Gospels and Scripture, compiling passages from his widely popular New Testament for Everyone series. We reflect on the practice of lament during Lent, the celebration of Easter, and how you cannot have one without the other.

Wright provides a daily devotional for the Lent and Easter season. Each day includes his translation of a Scripture passage, words of reflection, and questions for reflection or discussion.

Christianity Today Book Award Finalist--Bible and Devotional

Lent is inescapably about repenting. Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our sins and toward the mercy and grace of Christ.

Often, though, we experience the Lenten fast as either a mindless ritual or self-improvement program. In this short volume, priest and scholar Esau McCaulley introduces the season of Lent, showing us how its prayers and rituals point us not just to our own sinfulness but also beyond it to our merciful Savior.

Each volume in the Fullness of Time series invites readers to engage with the riches of the church year, exploring the traditions, prayers, Scriptures, and rituals of the seasons of the church calendar.

This devotional collection of prayers and reflections from Sarah Young's bestselling Jesus Listens(R) and Jesus Calling helps you walk through the season of Lent with an intentional focus on your Savior and prepares you for the joy and victory of His resurrection at Easter.

Walk closely with the Lord as you read through Jesus Listens--for Lent and Easter. This inspirational devotional prayer book also includes Bible verses and words of hope from God's heart to yours.

Jesus Listens--for Lent and Easter is ideal for:

• Anyone longing to draw closer to Jesus during the Lenten and Easter seasons
• Those who are looking for peace, forgiveness, and a deeper experience of trusting God
• Families who want to cultivate a tradition of Lenten prayers and devotions together

This full-color, beautifully illustrated book includes:

• Prayers, reflections, and Bible verses based on Jesus' life and sacrifice for us
• Stunning spring and Easter season illustrations, making this a holiday treasure to cherish for years to come
• As you pray Scripture throughout this season of remembering Christ's death and resurrection, you'll experience how prayer connects you to God, helps you seek forgiveness, and brings you the inexpressible joy and freedom of knowing that Christ has risen!

Enjoy Sarah Young's other Easter books:

• Jesus Calling for Easter
• Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter (picture book)
• Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter (board book)
• Jesus Calling Easter Prayers

This delightful book describes and interprets a series of forty full-color paintings for each day of Lent. Artists often address subjects that our culture seeks to avoid, and the brilliant and perceptive reflections from nun and art historian Sister Wendy Beckett will help you to read these paintings with a more discerning eye and encounter deeper levels of spiritual meaning than may at first appear.

People of the Passion calls us to embrace the grace and opportunity of Lent, for when we pause to examine our hearts and spirits within our collective narrative of fallen humanity, we are reminded that we are an Easter people. And in this, we celebrate Christ's resurrection, understanding that everything about our redemption hinges upon the most significant event in human history: Easter morning.

Dr. Cathy Randall is the retired Director of the University Honors Programs at The University of Alabama. She earned two Ph.D. degrees from the University of Alabama and has been named one of the top 31 women graduates of the twentieth century. Chairman of the Alabama Academy of Honor (the 100 most outstanding living Alabamians), Dr. Randall is a graduate of Education for Ministry and serves as a Lay Eucharistic Minister and Lay Eucharistic Visitor at Christ Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation, and reconciliation. It is through the mundane that we hear God's quiet voice.

In this devotional for the season of Lent, Jill J. Duffield draws readers' attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil, coats, towels, thorns, and stones. In each object, readers will find meaning in the biblical account of Jesus' final days. Each week, readers encounter a new object to consider through Scripture, prayer, and reflection. From Ash Wednesday to Easter, Lent in Plain Sight reminds Christians to open ourselves to the kingdom of God.

Are we healed through our wounds or are our wounds themselves healed from some other source?

In this 2025 Lent Book, Erik Varden starts by examining the New Testament where it spells out why Christ's wounds were efficacious for the healing of humankind. He contends that while this theological perspective is fundamental, it often falls short of addressing the emotional and spiritual needs of believers.

Bob Dylan once said, tongue in cheek, 'Pain sure does bring out the best in people.' The philosopher Donald MacKinnon said, 'Suffering never ennobled anyone.' Suffering by nature poses questions people wrestle with today in many fields of life with counsellors, therapists, philosophers, and spiritual directors. But the conundrum remains and in this book Varden sets out to resolve it.

Structured to guide readers through a journey of reflection, beginning with the raw reality of suffering and moving toward the possibility of redemption and renewal. Varden employs a contemplative tone, inviting readers to sit with their own experiences of pain and consider how these might be transformed through faith and introspection. His insights are particularly relevant during the Lenten season, a time of reflection on Christ's passion and its implications for believers.