Why Lent? We often have people asking us, “Why Lent?”  Why do we produce a resource for this time of year? Is Lent actually helpful for Christians today, or is it just a legalistic, historical practice? How did Lent begin?   There isn’t a definitive answer as to how Lent started. Some historians believe that what began as a short pre-Easter fast eventually developed into a 40-day fast shortly after the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. There is also evidence linking Lent to a perio

Our Advent journals this year are titled ‘Waiting for Jesus’. There are lots of things in life that we have to wait for, and there are lots of different ways that we can wait. We can wait impatiently and excitedly for good things like birthdays, big celebrations and Christmas. We can wait in discomfort and fear for other things, like exams, medical procedures and deadlines. Advent is a time of waiting. Over hundreds of years, Christians have used this season to reflect on Go

Have you ever opened your Bible and thought “Where do I start?” We have! We always used to struggle to be consistent in our Bible reading...

Photo by Cherry Laithang  on Unsplash Throughout the month of October 2024 we read and wrote out the whole of the book of Joel using one...