Poems will be published daily, in written and audio format, seeking responses from readers of the blog (so please share widely among your friends). Ideas for response include:

• What Bible verse does the poem make you think of?
• Does the poem call a response in art – your own, or linked online?
• Do you want to write/link to a reflection, or an illuminating anecdote?
• Do you want to chat via video – share on YouTube with the hashtag?
• Can you see something you can capture with Instagram that responds to that day’s theme?

Share your thinking for others to engage with, and let’s see what range of perspectives there are within the Christian sector. Don’t, however, feel pressurised to respond every day: #BIGRead14 should add to your Lenten journey, not take away from it!

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The best way to engage is to get the book Barefoot Prayers (SPCK), although we will publish the poems daily (text, and one of 56 volunteer poem readers collected via Doodle, and shared on Soundcloud or YouTube). They will appear here on the date listed (at 5am, when each link will activate):

Week 1: Gatherings

• Sunday  2nd March: Love (Penny Bissell)
• Monday  3rd March: Fullness of Life (Robert Lawrence)
• (Shrove) Tuesday 4th March: Feast (Ron Glusenkamp)
• (Ash) Wednesday 5th March: Repentance (Jo Hurst)
• Thursday 6th March: Breath of God (Toby Carson)
• Friday 7th March: Bread (Amy Boucher Pye)
• Saturday 8th March: Hospitality (Merry Evans)

Week 2: Awakenings

• Sunday 9th March: Awakening (Dr. Miriam Bier, LST)
• Monday 10th March: Psalm of the Dawn (David Wilkinson)
• Tuesday 11th March: Important Commission (Bex Lewis)
• Wednesday 12th March: To Do List (Sara Batts)
• Thursday 13th March: May This Day Be Blessed (Sian Lawton)
• Friday 14th March: The Day Looks Dull (Sr Philippa, Stanbrook Abbey)
• Saturday 15th March: Litany for a New Day (Roger Williams)

Week 3: Occasions

• Sunday 16th March: On Receiving Thanks (Helen-Ann Hartley)
• Monday 17th March: Coffee Break (Caroline Welby)
• Tuesday 18th March: Listening Day (Karen Thompson)
• Wednesday 19th March: Speaking Day (Rosie Harper)
• Thursday 20th March: Moving House (Paul Blakey)
• Friday 21st March: After a Holiday (Joyce Parker)
• Saturday 22nd March: Evensong (Maggi Dawn)

Week 4: Puzzles

• Sunday 23rd March: Mindful (Gary Birchall)
• Monday 24th March: Bodies (Jean Blakey)
• Tuesday 25th March: Loneliness (Andy Mitchell)
• Wednesday 26th March: Emptiness (Katie Girsch)
• Thursday 27th March: Hatred (Kate Martin)
• Friday 28th March: Disappointment (Gemma Dunning)
• Saturday 29th March: The Unlovely (Claire Maxim)

Week 5: Responses

• Sunday 30th March: Doing Justice (Alan Wilson)
• Monday 31st March: On Hearing the News (Ramona Samuel)
• Tuesday  1st April: Rain (Thomas Mathie)
• Wednesday 2nd April: The Lost (Richard Hilton)
• Thursday 3rd April: People With Nowhere to Sit (Jo Royal)
• Friday 4th April: Those Who Cry Out (Karenza Passmore)
• Saturday 5th April: A Heart of Grace (Sr Laurentia, Stanford Abbey)

Week 6: Virtues

• Sunday 6th April: Patience (Hannah Jean)
• Monday  7th April:  Simplicity (Maggie Cherry)
• Tuesday  8th April: Gentleness (Phil Maylor)
• Wednesday  9th April: Irony (Pam Smith)
• Thursday 10th April: Courage (Gabriella Russo)
• Friday 11th April: Kindness (Sharon Harriott)
• Saturday 12th April: Generosity (Jonathan Somerville)

Week 7: Deeps

• (Palm) Sunday 13th April: Hosanna (Jenny Wilson)
• Monday 14th April: Pain (Theresa Grant)
• Tuesday 15th April: Untie My Depths (Sheryl Shenk)
• Wednesday 16th April: Monochrome (Simon Meadows)
• (Maundy) Thursday 17th April: Too Difficult (Christina Corsiglia)
• (Good) Friday 18th April: Mysterious Cross (Martin Poole)
• (Holy) Saturday 19th April: Contemplation (Adrian Stark-Ordish)

Week 8: Horizons

• (Easter) Sunday 20th April: Embracing the Mystery (Nick Morgan)
• Monday 21st April: O Thou (Marian Partington)
• Tuesday 22nd April: Reconciliation (Bethany Bennett)
• Wednesday 23rd April: Joy (Dave G Roberts)
• Thursday 24th April: Breeze (Kayla Harward)
• Friday 25th April: Dying (Louise Upchurch)
• Saturday 26th April: Amen (Stephen Cherry)

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