Lent - Print

Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal.

Esau McCaulley.

Hbk 128pp
ISBN 9781514000489.
IVP (2022).

[Allow 4 weeks]

Lent is inescapably about repenting. We often experience the Lenten fast as either a mindless ritual or self-improvement program. In this short volume, priest and scholar Esau McCaulley introduces the season of Lent, showing us how its prayers and rituals point us not just to our own sinfulness but also beyond it to our merciful Saviour.

“Esau McCaulley is a gift. He is the rare blend of a first-rate mind married to a huge heart for God and neighbour. This neighbourliness comes out in two ways. As a public theologian writing for the New York Times and others, Esau shows his ability to provide clear thinking at the intersection of church and culture. Esau shows his pastor’s heart, his love for the church, and his passion to help Christians grow in faith. I commend Lent to everyone who is curious about, or committed to, the practice of Lent in their local church.” Todd Hunter, Anglican bishop and author of Deep Peace: Finding Calm in a World of Conflict and Anxiety