Disciplines of Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday, and we'll gather for a simple soup supper here at CtK at 6pm, and worship together, with imposition of ashes, at 7:00pm.
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent - a season of journeying with Jesus toward the cross, crucifixion. Lent is often marked by special disciplines - perhaps you've heard of people "giving something up for Lent." Wonder what all that's about? Check out this great page by another Lutheran pastor, which explains Lent and the disciplines that go with it: repentance, prayer, fasting, and works of love.
As part of my Lenten discipline this year, I hope to share a prayer on the blog every day. Some will have been written by me, others will be "classics" or come from a variety of sources.
May God bless you during this season of focus on our lives of discipleship and the great gifts Jesus gives to us.

An Ash Wednesday Prayer from Evangelical Lutheran Worship--

Gracious God,
out of your love and mercy
you breathed into dust
the breath of life,
creating us to serve you and our neighbors.
Call forth our prayers
and acts of kindness,
and strengthen us to face
our mortality
with confidence in the mercy
of your Son, Jesus Christ,
our Savior and Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen