{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Trinity Anglican Church","title":"Walking Into Lent: Mercy, Mortality, and Making Space | Podcast","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1402,"description":"In this episode, Kris shares a personal update following his recent car accident and ongoing recovery from a concussion. In a season marked by limitation, rest, and vulnerability, he reflects on what it means to live in the “shallow end” of life — and how being confronted with our mortality can become an unexpected gift.\n\nFrom that deeply personal place, Kris invites us into the season of Lent. In a culture that teaches us to feast constantly, Lent calls us to something different: intentional restraint, wilderness, and honest acknowledgment of our need for mercy. This is not a season of self-improvement or spiritual performance. It is a time to make space — to fast in order to feast, to pull back so that Easter joy can truly feel like joy.\nThroughout Lent, Trinity will journey through the Psalms — the prayer book of God’s people — allowing their language to shape our own prayers, repentance, longing, and hope.\n\nAt the end of the episode, Kids & Youth Discipleship Pastor David McCune offers practical encouragement for families, including creative ways to practice Lent with children, celebrate Sundays as mini-Easters, and create simple devotional rhythms at home.\nWherever you are — eager, exhausted, distracted, hopeful — you are invited. Let’s walk this road together.\nLearn more at atltrinity.org/lent.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9ejRoRpR3TeylPszsJOXhkM7xXczr10u3GnUJ5460-E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzg5MDcvMTU4NTI1/MTE5MC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}