Lent. 2020. The upcoming liturgical season and this momentous political year. How do these two things connect?

Spiritual disciplines are always timeless, but they also can be powerfully timely in our personal and public lives. Many of us would say that the 2020 presidential election may be the most important in any of our lifetimes for the future of the country, a sign of whether genuine and inclusive democracy in the United States even has a future. At the same time, calls for prayer, fasting, and repentance are centuries old — they continually demand that Christians go deeper in preparation to worship the risen Christ.

So today we announce a new Lenten call by the same elders who released the Reclaiming Jesus declaration. This is a clear call for church leaders, pastors, and local congregations to engage in daily prayer and weekly fasting beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing through the November elections, engaging in repentance that leads us to action. We invite you to prayerfully read this letter from the Reclaiming Jesus elders, answer its call by adding your name, and consider how you can spread this message in your life, family, and faith community this Lent.

Answer the call by clicking below and adding your name. We'll send you a daily reflection from the elders and other voices of faith to sustain your practice.

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