The St. John’s Writers’ Group is creating a 2025 Lent reflection guide, and we are seeking submissions. Our theme is Full to the Brim. The devotional spans the season of Lent, which begins on will begin on Ash Wednesday, March 2, and continue through Easter Sunday April 17, so we have plenty of pages to fill.
About our theme: The scriptures for this Lenten season are filled with parables and promises of God’s abundant and expansive grace. We’ve done nothing to deserve or earn this grace, and yet, like water, it spills over. Our Lenten theme, “Full to the Brim,” is an invitation into a radically different Lent – into a full and abundant life. It’s an invitation to be authentically who you are, to counter scarcity and injustice at every turn, to pour out grace wherever it is needed. When we allow ourselves to be filled to the brim with God’s lavish love, that love spills over. It reaches beyond ourselves; like water, it rushes and flows, touching everything in its path.
Some questions and statements to spark your creativity:
- When was a time you felt fully yourself – authentically you?
- Share a time when God’s grace was poured out in your life.
- When have you experienced love so lavish that it overflowed into all aspects of your life?
- Share a time when you experienced grace but did not feel as though you deserved it.
- How do you describe God?
- When all seems lost, how do you hold onto hope?
Each submission should be no more than 300 (or 500) words plus a verse or short passage of scripture and a prayer. We’ve shared short stories and poems in the past – so you don’t have to stick to any format or strict word count. Find out more or send your submissions by email to Mari Walker at silvermari@gmail.com.
| Deadline for submissions is February 17. |