Lent, which begins Wednesday with the Ash Wednesday ... 25% “fast from a favorite activity” and 22% “read Lenten Bible verses ...

Throughout scripture, this time frame is associated ... Reflecting on these events, the 40 days of Lent serve as a symbolic period of spiritual growth and renewal. Lent is a sacred period in ...

suggests that women—and men—should literally hoof it through Lent. Her book Walking with God: The 40-Day Fitness Program and Biblical Journey (Morehouse) couples Scripture passages with ...

Then, they discuss the Gospel readings for the first four weeks of Lent—The Temptation of Jesus, The Transfiguration, and the parables of the barren fig tree and the prodigal son—and reflect ...