We always manage some fun reading for Advent and Christmas, but Lent is another story. Perhaps it is because Lent is not really fun and the days of Lent are a tougher time to contemplate. The events of Lent are so much more difficult than those of Advent. The anticipation and preparation for the birth of a precious baby brings joy, while tremendous suffering and death brings sadness. But, what came after that suffering and death is what I needed to focus on; to linger in those sufferings to appreciate the magnitude of the sacrifice Jesus made for us, but to also look past it toward the Resurrection. To endure the darkness knowing that the light will come.
So, this season I am doing much better.
I am working through this book. It is a collection of readings by some of the foremost Christian writers. I really need to focus on these readings and often have to reread passages, but I am finding them very thought provoking.
As a family we are reading Amon's Adventure, which follows a young boy and his family living in Jerusalem in the days leading up to Holy Week. We have enjoyed the books by Arnold Ytreeide for Advent and this book follows the similar format. Each reading leaves you wanting the next.
We have several other projects and activities in the works, but besides the Bible, these are our two main reading sources.
