{"id":31485,"date":"2020-02-26T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=31485"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:35:46","slug":"lent-and-contemplative-a-likely-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/lent-and-contemplative-a-likely-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent and Contemplative &#8211; A Likely Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fb-church-window-398x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31487\" style=\"width:277px;height:418px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Wikipedia, Lent is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> . . . a solemn religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks (40 days) later on Holy Thursday, the memorial of the Lord&#8217;s supper the Thursday of Holy Week before Easter Sunday. The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer for Easter through prayer, doing penance, mortifying the flesh, repentance of sins, almsgiving, and denial of ego. This event is observed in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Moravian, Presbyterian, Oriental Orthodox, Reformed, and Roman Catholic Churches<sup>.<\/sup> Some Anabaptist and evangelical churches also observe the Lenten season.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lent\">1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are observing Lent. And, in fact, Lent is often being used as the open door to bring contemplative prayer into a church. This is largely done through the multitudes of books from religious publishers who have now become conduits for contemplative spirituality.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the titles of some books currently on the market that incorporate contemplative into Lent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Lent and Holy Week (Bridges to Contemplative Living) by Jonathan Montaldo and Robert G Toth <br \/><br \/>Wonderous Encounters (Scriptures for Lent) by Richard Rohr<br \/><br \/>A Living Lent: A Contemplative Daily Companion for Lent &#038; Holy Week by Peter Traben Haas<br \/><br \/>The Ignatian Workout for Lent: 40 Days of Prayer, Reflection, and Action by Tim Muldoon<br \/><br \/>A Lenten Journey &#8211; paperback: A Contemplative Devotional On the Passion and Resurrection of Christ by Bill O&#8217;Byrne <br \/><br \/>Sacred Space for Lent<br \/><br \/>40 Days, 40 Ways: A New Look at Lent by Marcellino D&#8217;Ambrosio <br \/><br \/>Lent With Evelyn Underhill<br \/><br \/>Journey to the Center: A Lenten Passage by Thomas Keating<br \/><br \/>Lent and Easter Wisdom by Henri Nouwen<br \/><br \/>The Lenten Labyrinth by Edward Hays<br \/><br \/>Lenten Reflections: From the Desert to the Resurrection by Milton Lopes<br \/><br \/>Sensing God: Learning to Meditate During Lent by Laurence Freeman\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While many of these books may be from Catholic or Orthodox publishers, do not think that will keep evangelicals from reading them. As we have mentioned in other documents, Catholic mystic Richard Rohr was told by one of his publishers that his largest reading audience was young evangelical men (tomorrow&#8217;s pastors).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the contemplative books that are specifically <em>meant<\/em> for Lent, there are countless contemplative books that are not solely for Lent or may not even mention Lent but to which Lent-observing churches turn during Lent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ritualistic and liturgical nature of Lent observance has become a &#8220;perfect&#8221; fit for contemplative spirituality;  in many cases (maybe most today), where you find Lent being observed, you will also find contemplative spirituality lurking in its shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>*Contemplative spirituality: <\/strong> &nbsp;A belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common terms used for this movement are &#8220;spiritual formation,&#8221; &#8220;the silence,&#8221; &#8220;the stillness,&#8221; &#8220;ancient-wisdom,&#8221; &#8220;spiritual disciplines,&#8221; and many others. During contemplative prayer, a word or phrase is repeated for several minutes with the intention of putting the mind into neutral and removing mental and other distractions. It is said that then one can hear the voice of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mennolite.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/26\/why-lent\/\">Lent and Mennonites?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=6308\">Evangelicals are making [Catholic contemplative] liturgical traditions their own<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=30185\">Celebrating the Atonement and the Resurrection While Promoting Contemplative \u2013 A Profound Contradiction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=23653\">AWANA Continuing Down the Emergent Road<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(photo from bigstockphoto.com; use with permission)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Wikipedia, Lent is:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":31487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,114,2575,29],"tags":[2916,666,667,2266,3583,3601,4277],"class_list":["post-31485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemplative-practices","category-churches-in-crisis","category-mennonites-churches-in-crisis","category-contemplative-spirituality","tag-contemplative-spirituality","tag-resurrection","tag-easter","tag-lent","tag-orthodox","tag-rituals","tag-lenten","wpcat-78-id","wpcat-114-id","wpcat-2575-id","wpcat-29-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lent and Contemplative - A Likely Match - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/lent-and-contemplative-a-likely-match\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lent and Contemplative - A Likely Match\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to Wikipedia, Lent is:...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/lent-and-contemplative-a-likely-match\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-26T14:54:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-19T12:35:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fb-church-window-e1783481164194.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/lent-and-contemplative-a-likely-match\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/lent-and-contemplative-a-likely-match\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5\"},\"headline\":\"Lent and Contemplative &#8211; 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