The Annual Lenten Devotional from Trinity Anglican Seminary is here!
This beautiful collection features thoughtful reflections from Trinity faculty, alumni, and friends, along with artwork, poetry, and more.
Copies are available in the Parish Office. Please limit one copy per family.
What if Lewis' and Tolkien’s favorite author led your Lent?
"Baptizing our imaginations with the gospel that leads to evangelism
Many of us love C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien because their stories somehow make the gospel feel both true and deeply human. What most of us may not know is that one of their biggest influences was a Scottish novelist named George MacDonald—the man Lewis said “baptized” his imagination.
This Lent, we’re inviting you into a Matthew 25 Initiative series that lets the novels of MacDonald do for you what they did for C.S. Lewis, transforming him (and you) through stories instead of abstract ideas.
Our Matthew 25 Lenten series takes one MacDonald novel a week—like Malcolm, Sir Gibbie, and The Golden Key—and uses it like a doorway, combining Scripture and real‑world Anglican witness.
Day 1: Step into the story.
Day 2: Set it beside the Bible and your own city.
Day 3: Get honest facts about poverty and injustice here and now.
Day 4: Watch Anglicans today faithfully living a whole gospel.
Day 5: Ask, “So what does this do in my heart, in my home, on my block?”
This Lenten series is different: it makes literature practical, it's family‑friendly, and it will open your eyes both to the problems faced in MacDonald’s Industrial Britain and to the parallels in our neighborhoods now. Let Alec Forbes of Howglen, The Marquis of Lossie, and others “baptize your imagination,” then let Scripture and the Spirit move you to action.
We want to live a life where evangelism is a visible gospel. The world can accuse Christians of thin talk but we choose to repent, pray, and give alms with our lives. Join us as we learn from the stories of George MacDonald and walk with Jesus from Ash Wednesday toward Easter, learning to become believers who more fully reflect the good kingdom of God in a world that is aching for it."
(reprinted email from Matthew 25 Initiative)
