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Are you looking for a good Lenten devotional for 2026? Below are some of the amazing options you might choose from:
Faith Practices Calendar created for Rejoice.
Free Devotionals
DE-MD Chapter of ADLA (African Descent Lutheran Association): “Wake Work" A Five-Week Lenten Series as we await the Death and Resurrection of Jesus – and ourselves.
Outreach for Hope: Ashes to Alleluias, Stories and Songs of Hope
ELCA World Hunger: 40 Days of Giving Calendar and Study Guide
ELCA Homeless and Justice Network: Beauty for Ashes
Lutheran World Federation: Closer - on the way to the cross
ReconcilingWorks: Justice, Liberation, and Flourishing
Luther Seminary: Oh, Love, How Deep
ELCA Racial Justice: Dismantle: An Anti-White Supremacy Lenten Devotional
Lutherans Restoring Creation: Many options, including a Lenten Fast for Earth Calendar
Bread for the World: Walking as Children of Light
St. Olaf College: Marked by the Cross of Christ Forever (weekly devo)
Southeastern Synod: Light
Lent Photo-a-Day: Grace to Go
Technicolor Ministries: Stay, Do Not Numb
Devotionals For Purchase
Augsburg Fortress: Love Outpoured (available in large print)
Sanctified Art: Tell Me Somthing Good (and other past devos)
Illustrated Ministry: Meditation Labryinth, Stations of the Cross (and other past devos)
Illustrated Ministry: The Work of Imagination (and other past curriculums)
Salt: Life Stories (and other past devos)
Lenten Practices
ELCA Young Adults #NoPlasticsForLent: Fast from plastic
West Coast Lutherans Lenten Challenge: A Matthew 25 Toolkit
Women of the ELCA: Penitence, Pilgrimage, Prepartion
Climate Stewards Carbon Fast: Reduce your carbon footprint
Lutheran World Relief Care Kits: Always be prepared to help a neighbor in need
Ecumenical Partners
United Methodist Church: Photo-a-Day Challenge
Presbyterian Church: Beatitudes, Lent at Home Family Devotional
Justice Unbound: The Tomb is Empty by the Streets are Full
Presbyterian for Earth Care: Weekly Devotional
d365: Journey to the Cross (great for youth)
Episcopal Relief: Lenten Meditations
Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest: Renewal and Hope
Bonus
Want to know more about Lent? Check out this article from the History Channel on the history of Lent.
Want to know more about Ash Wednesday? Check out this study guide from LivingLutheran.
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Thank you to Rev. Tyler Rasmussen of Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa, WI for compiling this list.