Here is a fresh library of resources to help the busy pastor or worship planner prepare for the season of Lent and for Easter Day. Included are orders of worship, model homilies, scripture and hymn suggestions, and historical and theological reflections for:

- Ash Wednesday

- The Lenten Season

- Palm Sunday

- Maundy Thursday

- Good Friday

- Easter Vigil

- Easter Day

Complete sermons are provided for Ash Wednesday, Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Day. Copying privileges are included, so that the original purchaser may duplicate any resource in this book which would prove useful in worship planning in the local setting.

Gary Houston is a United Methodist clergyperson with a prior ordination in the Episcopal Church. He holds a Ph.D. in Tibetan Studies. This unusual background combined with a rural Southern Indiana pedigree flavors all of his books. His other publications include The Cross and the Lotus (editor), Wings of the White Crane, The Bsam-yas Debate, Cowherding Christians (CSS), and Six Presents From God (CSS).