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Back to Lent Month: Letters From Ruby
Back to Lent Month continues as we highlight Bracket Czar Adam Thomas’ new work of fiction, Letters from Ruby. What’s the book about? According to the back cover… Not everything a young pastor needs to know can be taught in school. Not much triumph remains in Victory, West Virginia, where the loss of the railroad […]
Back to Lent Month!
As school children throughout the land reluctantly turn their faces toward the classroom, we’re celebrating Back to Lent Month here at Lent Madness headquarters. Specifically, now that the kids are back in school, we’re offering opportunities for some Back to Lent reading. You may not know this but a number of our Celebrity Bloggers are […]
2014 Celebrity Bloggers Announced!
In our first “Major Announcement” since the end of Lent, we’re pleased to share our line-up of 2014 Celebrity Bloggers. There are four newly minted CBs to go along with six wizened veterans. Click here to read their bios and meet the personalities who will bring Lent Madness to the masses next year. Before we […]
Nominations Open for 2014!
Nominations for next year’s field of 32 saints are currently being accepted by the Supreme Executive Committee. As always, we seek to put together a balanced bracket of saints ancient and modern, Biblical and ecclesiastical representing the breadth and diversity of Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Inevitably, some will disagree with certain match-ups […]
Frances Perkins Wins Lent Madness 2013 Golden Halo!
Congratulations to 2013 Golden Halo Winner — Frances Perkins! Statement Released by Frances Perkins (As told to the Supreme Executive Committee) I must say I feel very much at home even though I just arrived. I feel at home because Lent Madness has, ever since it was established, been a sort of special concern of […]
For the Golden Halo: Frances Perkins vs. Luke the Evangelist
Well, friends, we began this Lent Madness journey over five weeks ago on “Ash Thursday.” We started with 32 saints and have now whittled the field down to two: Frances Perkins and Luke the Evangelist. While there’s been lots of talk about modern saints vs. “bedrock” saints and the “fairness” of it all, in the […]
What is Spy Wednesday?
As you know, the Supreme Executive Committee has been promoting Spy Wednesday as the day for the final battle for the Golden Halo. Several of you have asked us about the name Spy Wednesday. Ever willing to educate and inspire, we are only too happy to oblige. Spy Wednesday gets its name because this is the day on […]
Luke the Evangelist vs. Oscar Romero
The Faithful Four continues today as Luke the Evangelist and Oscar Romero vie for a shot at Frances Perkins and the coveted Golden Halo. To get to this point, Oscar sailed past Elizabeth Ann Seton, Lucy, and Florence Li Tim-Oi while Luke defeated Absalom Jones, John Donne, and Dorothy Day. In yesterday’s contest, after Hilda of Whitby […]
Frances Perkins vs. Hilda of Whitby
“The End is Near!” proclaims the ubiquitous sign of the doomsday prophet. In the case of Lent Madness 2013, our sign-wielding friend would be correct. Welcome to the Faithful Four. After weeks of learning and voting and debating, the saintly field has been whittled down from 32 to four spiritual heavyweights: Frances Perkins, Hilda of Whitby, […]
Back to Lent Month: Blood Entangled
Back to Lent Month continues with a recently released book, Blood Entangled, from new Celebrity Blogger Amber Belldene. This just proves that we don’t discriminate against vampires here at Lent Madness. Or romance novels (take your pick on which member of the Supreme Executive Committee most closely resembles Fabio). From Amber: Yes! I have a new […]
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