Category Archives: Lent Madness 2016
Dietrich Bonhoeffer vs. Athanasius
In the last battle of a madcap week of Lent Madness, it’s two spiritual giants facing off in the first round. Not fair to pit Dietrich Bonhoeffer against Athanasius so early in the Madness? Perhaps. But remember…life, like Lent Madness, is not fair. Yesterday, Albert Schweitzer soundly defeated Lawrence 60% to 40% to advance to […]
Lawrence vs. Albert Schweitzer
As the drive toward the Golden Halo continues, we meet a martyred 3rd century deacon and an early 20th century renaissance man, humanitarian, and Nobel Prize winner. Lawrence lived out his faith in Rome, giving all that he had to the poor while Albert Schweitzer gave much of his energy and talents to building hospitals […]
Sojourner Truth vs. Søren Kierkegaard
Today we meet two 19th century contemporaries who lived in very different worlds — the United States and Denmark, to be literal about it. Sojourner Truth — slave, abolitionist, radical vs. Søren Kierkegaard — philosopher, theologian, writer. Two complex, passionate individuals who influenced and inspired many throughout their lives and beyond. Yesterday Clare of Assisi […]
Clare vs. Denis
Let’s just state right off the bat that there is no room for nepotism in Lent Madness. Saints related to members of the Supreme Executive Committee are ineligible to compete for the Golden Halo. Therefore, just because Francis of Assisi won the coveted Golden Halo last year, there was no funny business going on that […]
Monday Madness — February 22, 2016
Gather the kids and neighbors around the computer and watch this week’s fun-filled episode of Monday Madness. This week, Tim and Scott give some advice on how you can be a better Lent Madness evangelist in your local church. They also remind you to post photos of yourself with your Lent Madness mug or pint […]
Columba vs. Kateri Tekakwitha
Congratulations! You have officially survived your first full weekend without saintly voting. Veterans of this online devotion know well the desperate void that comes during the weekends of Lent, which is why there is even an official diagnosis for this phenomenon: Lent Madness Withdrawal (aka LMW). This is precisely why the Supreme Executive Committee, in […]
Surviving Lent Madness Withdrawal (LMW)
By now you’ve probably gone to the Lent Madness website looking to read about a couple of saints, maybe make a comment or two, and then vote. Or you’ve wondered why you haven’t received the morning e-mail that’s become as much a part of your daily routine as drinking that first cup of coffee or […]
Roch vs. Gertrude
“Are you a dog person or a cat person?” Not to get too philosophical on you, but this is one of the fundamental questions of human existence. A question that, had the Supreme Executive Committee in its infinite wisdom chosen the other Saint Gertrude (“of Nivelles” rather than “the Great”), could have perhaps been decided […]
Christina Rossetti vs. Joseph
Today in Lent Madness, we head back to the time of the “bleak midwinter” to encounter Joseph of Holy Family fame and then zoom up to the 19th century to meet an English poet, Christina Rossetti, who coined that very phrase. To the outside world this is an unlikely pairing. To us, it’s just another […]
Post a Mug Shot, Win a Saint!
How would you like to own a real, live (well, cardboard) saint? The Supreme Executive Committee is holding a contest to give away 2015 Golden Halo winner Francis of Assisi. Think about it. How awesome would your life be if Saint Francis joined you at the breakfast table every morning? Or appeared in next year’s Christmas […]
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