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We invite you into an immersive prayer experience this Lent. Join us for a 40-day Lenten Prayer Experience using Stephen A. Macchia and S.K. Skinner’s 

‘Praying the Parables of Jesus.’

Begin preparing for Lent

1. Purchase a copy of Praying the Parables of Jesus: A 40 Day Devotional Journey in Word and Image. Consider buying multiple copies to share in this journey with others!

2. Invite your friends, small group, team or church staff to join you in this immersive prayer experience of Lectio and Visio Divina. Direct them here to sign up.

3. Download the 40 Day Reading Plan for each day’s parable.

4. Anticipate an email each week containing resources and encouragement from Steve and Suz. If you’ve yet to sign up, you can fill out this short form to receive a weekly email through Lent.

5. Listen each week to The Discerning Leader Podcast where Steve and Suz will share their prayer experience with the parables for the upcoming week of readings.

40 -Day Reading Plan

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb 18th. We invite you into a guided prayer experience using the ancient practices of Lectio and Visio Divina.

Join us as we pray the parables during the 40 days of Lent (excluding Sundays). Click the button below to download the Reading Plan. 

40 Day Reading Plan

FREE Downloadable Bookmark

We’ve designed a double-sided bookmark as a free gift to you! Click below to download the file and print it at home or at your local print shop on card stock quality paper. Use this bookmark to help you remember the movements of Lectio and Visio Divina as you immerse yourself in the parables of Jesus. (Note: The bookmark is designed in a 3″x9″ size and intended to be printed double-sided)

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REVISED 3X9 PTPOJ BOOKMARK FOR LENTEN SERIES

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

Praying the Parables of Jesus isn’t just a book you read. It’s a guide to a deeper understanding and experience of the with-God life. Step through it slowly. Savor it. And let God do his work as you live in his unshakable Kingdom." Ted Harro, president of Renovaré
"This book is a gift to all who are hurried and harried by the world and who long to have gentle and kind guidance into the disruptive, delightful rest that only deep encounter with Christ brings." Tara Owens, founder and executive director of Anam Cara Ministries, spiritual director, and author of Embracing the Body and At Play in God’s Creation
"This is a delightful, intriguing, and creative invitation to engage with the parables. It’s fresh and deep―as deep as you’d like to go."John Eldredge, author of Wild at Heart

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Mitzi Mak

Selah-West Faculty & Emmaus Faculty

Mitzi started her professional life as a high school social studies teacher. She and her husband Jerry then served cross-culturally for ten+ years, living abroad first in India and then Kurdistan, N. Iraq. In addition to being a Spiritual Director, she now serves as a Formation and Care pastor in her local church in Houston, TX. She has graduated from LTI’s Selah Spiritual Direction training as well as LTI’s Emmaus Formational Leadership Program.

Mitzi enjoys engaging conversation, reading fiction, doing jigsaw/crossword puzzles, ocean gazing and exploring the world with Jerry through food and travel.

God has two main callings in Mitzi’s life: to care for those who care for others and to be a guide in helping others have a healthy relationship with the Trinity – recognizing God’s loving presence and activity in their lives and how to faithfully respond.

“Selah was a transformative experience for me – allowing the contemplative within to emerge and to beautifully co-exist with my extraverted personality.“