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Jerome vs. John Patteson
Today’s matchup is a battle between two learned gentlemen separated by 14 centuries. While both were great linguists, one sat around translating Scripture and became a hermit (Jerome) while the other went to New Zealand to become a bishop and martyr (Patteson). So, would you rather be a hermit or a martyr? Or a martyred […]
Joan of Arc vs. Lancelot Andrewes
Well, friends, after all the hype and all the anticipation and all the pageantry of the opening ceremonies (oh, did you miss that? Madonna sang “40 Days and 40 Nights”), Lent Madness 2012 is now upon us. Our first match-up is between a learned bishop and a young peasant girl born nearly 150 years apart. […]
2012 Calendar Released
Lent Madness kicks off this Thursday with a battle between Joan of Arc and Lancelot Andrewes. This match-up and the rest of the Lent Madness 2012 schedule has just been released. It will all culminate with the championship round on “Spy Wednesday,” April 4th, and the awarding of the Golden Halo. Click 2012 Lent Madness […]
Look Who’s Talking #2 (Blogs, etc)
With just five days until the start of Lent Madness 2012, it’s time to highlight some recent bloggers and parishes who have jumped on the Lent Madness band wagon. We did this a few days ago which you can read here but since this is all snowballing or hitting a crescendo (depending on which analogy you prefer), […]
A Better Bracket!
No, we haven’t added your favorite saint that didn’t make it into Lent Madness 2012. But thanks to “celebrity blogger” Adam Thomas we now have a much more attractive printable bracket. The youngest (hippest?) member of the Lent Madness team saw a need (my ugly, plain-looking bracket) and upped the ante with some color and […]
Look Who’s Talking (blog edition)
Yes, friends, the Lent Madness Buzz is building all over the world. People everywhere are filling out their brackets and ironing their hair shirts as they breathlessly await the coming of “Ash Thursday” on February 23rd. Today, we wanted to highlight a few blogs that have posted about Lent Madness. We commend them for their […]
Has Forward Movement Gone Mad?
If you’re not familiar with the The Episcopal Church Foundation’s Vital Practices site, you should be. Today they posted an article about Lent Madness written by our own Scott Gunn. Scott’s feeling very proud of himself for writing about Lent Madness and not giving me (Tim) a single mention. Besides the fact that he’s now […]
Lent Madness Pyramid Scheme
Pyramids are an important part of the salvation story of Scripture. After all, if it wasn’t for the cruel treatment at the hand of the Egyptian slave drivers forcing them to build pyramids for the pharaoh, the Israelites might never have risen up to cross the Red Sea. You could argue that Pharaoh’s enslavement of […]
Real Christians “Like” Lent Madness
We’re pleased to see that we’re on our way to 500 “likes” on the Lent Madness Facebook fan page. But we need your help to reach our goal of 1,000 likes before the madness begins on February 23rd (“Ash Thursday”). Here are some helpful status updates for Facebook you can use to help spread the […]
Invitation to a Holy Lent Madness
At Ash Wednesday liturgies throughout the world, Christians will be invited by their parish clergy into the observance of a holy Lent. Here at Lent Madness we pray that everyone will have their souls enlivened during this transformative season of the Church year. Of course, we believe that your soul will be all the more […]
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