Lenten Progression

Lent begins with the temptation of Jesus. It serves as an invitation to join him for forty days in the wilderness. Our victory in the temptation comes through confession and the Word. We are also invited to look across the wilderness to the promised land of Easter.

We progress with movement to the cross. Jesus laments over Jerusalem displaying the heart of God. We are invited to put our trust in him and take our victory in Jesus.

Repentance in the face of destruction, in the third week we are invited to seek God in our times of testing, and turn to him while he may be found.

In the forth week, we are assured of forgiveness, the shame is rolled away, the old become new.

Finally we are again reminded of the cross as Jesus is anointed at Bethany. We have seen the reason for the cross and promise of new life. Now we see something new is on the horizon, an inversion. The anticipation is palpable, Easter brings a new world.