Lent studies 2010
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Giving it Up by Maggi Dawn. The BRF Lent Book for 2010
 Daily readings showing that Lent can be a time for exploring a different kind of “giving up”, one that can transform our lives. It reminds us of our daily dependence on God for all our needs. It includes questions for reflection which can be used personally or in a group setting. Chapter headings cover:
Jesus in the wilderness and beyond
Other wildernesses
Changing perceptions
Changing communities
Changing our mind
Holy week: The end of all our exploring
Easter Day: Gone fishing
 When I Survey - The York Course for 2010
Course materials include a CD or audio tape with 14-minute radio-style discussion-starters, and booklet for use by participants.
The five sessions are:-
Session 1 - Darkness at Noon
Session 2 - Into great silence
Session 3 - The Child on the Cross
Session 4 - Outside a City Wall
Session 5 - Touching the rock
 Encounters with Jesus - CWR Cover to Cover Lent study guide by Joel Edwards
No one ever came to Jesus and left His presence unchanged. Explore contemporary issues with Joel Edwards and be encouraged to act on what you learn from six people's encounters with Christ in the New Testament. Psalm 51 runs as a common thread through the sessions to help users see why the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus are so central to our faith.
Ideal for individual or small group use, each session contains icebreakers, New Testament character study, meditation from Psalm 51, application session, 'To-do' reflection, discussion starters and closing prayer.
Life Journeys – The Impossible Dream by Jeff Lucas
 (six DVD-based studies)
Jeff Lucas takes us to India to explore what God has to say about poverty, injustice, oppression and exploitation, based on Micah 6:8. The studies are ideal for Lent studies.
As with other studies in the Life Journeys series, this comprises a DVD with six short sessions by Jeff Lucas and a booklet with discussion starters, prayers and daily Bible reading notes for personal use during the six weeks of the course.
Booklets can be purchased separately for participants.
Not a Tame Lion by Hilary Brand
 Based around two Chronicles of Narnia films (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian) and the film Shadowlands, this series challenges us to face an uncomfortable Lent, willing to submit our spirits to a little bit of mental exercise and our minds to a little bit of a spiritual challenge. Suitable for small groups, each session includes an introduction and questions for group study plus an additional study to “take it further”. Session titles are:-
Living in the shadows
Living with the beyond
Living with the unexplained
Living with what we’ve been given
Living with absence
There is also an additional session “Living in a sceptical age” which deals with handling the disbelief of others and our own personal doubts.
Our sound is our wound by Lucy Winkett
( Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book 2010 )
 Our lives are lived against a backdrop of external and internal ‘soundscapes’. The Canon Precentor of St Paul’s Cathedral encourages us to think about how we listen for the voice of God within the sounds, noises, and music that surround our modern lives? Six chapters cover:
The sound of Scripture
The sound of Lament
The sound of Freedom
The sound of Resurrection
The Sound of Angels
Our sound is our Wound
The book does not have discussion questions so is best suited to personal reflection.
Also suitable for Easter Reading
The Crown and the Fire by Tom Wright
Tom Wright encourages us to consider the words spoken to the cross, rather than those spoken from the cross; those spoken by Mary, the Roman Centurion, and also Pontius Pilate, who helped to instigate it. Could be adapted for group use.
The Things He said – The Story of the First Easter Day by Stephen Cottrell
This is a follow up to last years ‘ The Things He Carried .‘ Rather than emphasising the last words spoken on Good Friday this book deals with the words spoken on Easter Day. Following the resurrection we would expect the triumphant ‘’ I have risen from the dead! ‘’ but Jesus’ statements, taken from each of the Gospels, are so different. Suitable for both group and personal reflection.
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