
Lenten Parish Read & Book Forum
when & where
February 22, 2026
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
event information
During Lent, please join us in reading Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. In this evocative collection, New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley offers creative prayers, poems, and liturgies which center Black lives, and invite us to reflect on love, lament, healing, hope, and wonder in our world of both beauty and brokenness. Black Liturgies is available for purchase wherever books are sold. If you need help acquiring a copy, please contact our clergy. Throughout Lent, we will share our thoughts and responses to the book during our Sunday forums. For our first forum on February 22nd, please read the opening sections on pages xiii through 55, and the section entitled “Lent” on pages 248-255.