Lent? Really?

Well, not quite yet, but....

Here in Louisiana it’s Mardi Gras season. That’s right. Season! There will be tons of balls and parties and parades in the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday. And then on March 5 Ash Wednesday. For many of us Lent can be a time to explore life’s big questions and to reexamine our spiritual lives. That’s what my new book A Full-Hearted Life is all about.

Whether you’re a Christian or just spiritually curious, I hope you’ll consider spending time with A Full-Hearted Life during the Lenten season. It’s designed for both personal use and group study. Each chapter concludes with a series of reflection questions. Here’s a one-minute video about it:

If you would like to invite me to speak to your church or your group in-person or virtually, my colleague Holly Davis will be glad to help make that happen (for Lent or another time). You can reach her by clicking the button below.

Here are what some readers had to say about A Full-Hearted Life:

“A Full-Hearted Life is Jake Owensby at his brightest and most heartening. As always, Jake delights and informs, but most of all, during this often-discouraging time, he encourages. Believers will find inspiration to be better Christians in this time and place. Would-be believers will find new rationale for faith. And if you are a preacher like me, you’ll find lots of sermons, too!”—Will Willimon, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, Duke Divinity School; United Methodist Bishop, retired; and author of Changing My Mind: The Neglected Virtue for Faithful Ministry.

“Jake Owensby is the real deal, a brilliant theologian, yet also a deeply human person amongst us. His life and work are about love and freedom, the joy and fulfillment of service, a life devoted to the common good, and the individual’s richest possible heart-filled awakened spiritual life. I love his work.”—Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author of several books, most recently Somehow: Thoughts on Love.

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