ABOUT THE SERIES:
Lent was originally a season for new converts to learn and prepare for their baptism on Easter. During that time, they would study what was central to Christianity. As we crafted this series, we studied what was central to Jesus’ life and ministry: radical welcome, love for neighbor, care for the vulnerable, nourishment for the hungry, nonviolence in the face of injustice. At the heart of Jesus’ teachings, we find liberation, love, mercy, and grace—all of which are meant to be very good news for us all.
Jesus’ ministry can be described as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.” Therefore, the good news should bring us back to our roots. Emulating Jesus and embodying his teachings should ground us in who God created us to be. Can we be “good news” people in a world too often burdened by bad news?
This Lent, let us remember that the good news really is good news. It is joyful—like fine wine saved for celebration. It grows like a mustard seed and smells like perfume poured from an alabaster jar. It tastes like bread passed endlessly through a hungry crowd. It sounds like laughter and feels like mercy. The good news is alive in the world.
We hope this series will provide fertile ground for conversation and worship, rooting our hearts and lives in the expansive goodness of God. This Lent, let the teachings of Jesus lead us forward. May the good news inspire us to take action in a world desperate to hear, see, and taste what is good.
About the Bundle:
This is a bundle of 12 multimedia ministry resources for the season of Lent–Easter. It includes materials for 7 weeks starting with Ash Wednesday and concluding with Easter Sunday. Download our free theme infographic to preview the series and scriptures included. The scriptures follow our theme and are not aligned with any lectionary.
We bundle our resources because they often overlap in use, and because we want to equip you with comprehensive materials for a whole season. Each resource is also available separately. Scroll down this page & click the “Resource Details” buttons to learn more about each individual resource.
Release date: Lent 2026
HOW TO PURCHASE THE BUNDLE:
Note: All resources are digital files. Please purchase the tiered bundle price that best fits your community’s size and budget. For additional purchasing options, read this page.
What’s included in the bundle:
(All of the following are included in the bundle, but each resource is also available separately for individual purchase)
Lent Devotional Booklet
(Individual Price: $18–$85)
This devotional offers commentary, poetry, visual art, hymns, and reflection prompts for the whole season of Lent. We encourage you to walk through these weekly readings at your own pace throughout the season, following the rhythm that works best for you. The devotional features biblical commentary by our guest writers, Rev. Dr. Brian Blount and Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail, as well as art and reflections by our guest artists, Rev. Nicolette Faison, Carmelle Beaugelin Caldwell, and Rev. T. Denise Anderson. It can be printed or shared digitally with your community.
2. Words for Worship for Lent–Easter
(Individual Price: $25)
A collection of over 50 prayers, this resource provides fresh language for worship inspired by the Tell Me Something Good scriptures and themes for Lent. We’ve included liturgy for every Sunday in Lent through Easter, as well as for Ash Wednesday. For each of these holy days, we provide: A call to worship, a call to confession, a prayer of confession, words of forgiveness, a prayer for illumination, prayers of the people, and an affirmation of faith. We have also included a benediction and affirmation of faith for the series and Communion liturgy for Easter Sunday.
3. Daily Devotional Cards for Lent
(Individual Price: $7–$55)
Beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing through the first few days of Eastertide, we invite you to use these daily devotional cards to ground yourself in good news this Lent. Each daily card contains a prompt, a “good news mantra,” and a prayer. You might place the stack of cards by your bed to read first thing in the morning or right before you sleep at night. Display the prayers that resonate with you the most. Perhaps use the questions as prompts to journal and or discuss in small groups.
4. Sermon Planning Guide for Lent–Easter
(Individual Price: $20)
Our sermon guide is designed for preachers, worship planners, and adult faith formation leaders. For each Sunday in our series, this guide offers:
Biblical commentary (written by our guest writers, Rev. Dr. Brian Blount and Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail)
Theme connections
Considerations for the week
Guiding questions
Inspiration for further reading & research
5. Children’s curriculum + Intergenerational Lent Play
(Individual Price: $25)
This skit-based curriculum invites children (ages 5-11) to explore the good news of Jesus’ teachings through storytelling, discussion, games, books, and creative expression. The children’s curriculum includes 7 weekly lessons for Lent–Easter with simple skits you can act out with minimal props and staging. Additionally, this resource includes a fully-scripted Lenten play, which tells the story of Jesus' ministry from his first miracle in Cana to the resurrection. It is designed for an intergenerational cast and audience; the scenes could be performed weekly, or you could run the full production in about 50 minutes.
6. Maundy Thursday Liturgy
(Individual Price: $12)
This creative Maundy Thursday liturgy by guest contributor Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes draws us into the quiet intimacy of Jesus’ final meal with his friends. It honors the simple, sacred gestures of Jesus’ love through Communion, Foot/hand washing, silent contemplation, birdsong, and music.
7. Children’s Bulletins for Lent–Easter
(Individual Price: $12)
To engage all ages in worship, these printable bulletins invite children deeper into the stories and themes for each Sunday in Lent through Easter Sunday. The bulletins include coloring pages, connect the dots, memory verses, word searches, and prayers.
8. Poetry for Lent
(Individual Price: $15)
This is a collection of 11 poems inspired by our Tell Me Something Good weekly themes and scriptures for Lent–Easter. Honest and intimate, these poems offer meditations that we hope become prayers of your own.
“Over and over again we ask the world,
Do you love me even now?
The thing I’ve learned about God
is that, no matter what comes before ‘even now,’
the answer will always be yes.”
—excerpt from “Even Now” by Rev. Sarah Speed
9. Visual Art Collection for Lent–Easter
(Individual Price: $75)
This is a collection of 15 visuals inspired by the scriptures for Lent–Easter included in the Tell Me Something Good series. These art pieces, created by 5 artists in a variety of mediums—multimedia collage, acrylic paint, paper lace, watercolor, block print, gouache, and digital media—are visual meditations on these scriptures. With the visuals, we include written statements from the artists. We also provide a visio divina bible study guide for you to use these images in a group session incorporating the ancient Benedictine spiritual practice of "divine seeing." This collection includes artwork created by our guest artists, Rev. T. Denise Anderson, Carmelle Beaugelin Caldwell, and Rev. Nicolette Faison.
10. Branding Bundle
(Individual Price: $45)
We’ve put together a full branding package with logo files, icons, graphics, design elements, background images, and a branding story to inform you on the best practices for how to utilize these files to share the Tell Me Something Good theme with your community through your digital and print communications.
11. Original Hymns
(Individual Price: $3 per hymn)
This is a collection of 5 original hymns (written by Rev. Anna Strickland) for Lent, inspired by the weekly themes and scriptures in the series. Each hymn offers new words to sing with a familiar, public domain tune. Download the sheet music to include these hymns in your worship.
Note: These hymns are also included in our devotional booklet for individuals and families to sing at home.
12. Bonus Resource: Theme Song + Music video—Coming soon!
(Individual Price: $25)
This music video features the theme song for our Lent series, written by Britt Kusserow. You are welcome to show this video in worship or other ministry events. You are granted permission to embed this music video in your live-streamed or online worship. We’ve also included a lead sheet and piano accompaniment for the song, as well as the recording.
Exclusive Bonuses for Bundle Patrons
Purchase the full bundle and receive these bonuses!
CONTENT CALENDAR FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
To support you in sharing this Lenten series with your community online, we’ve curated a social media calendar for you to use throughout the season. The calendar includes carefully-selected images, graphics, and excerpts from the Tell Me Something Good resources for you to post on your social media platforms so you can share the series with your larger community, near and far. As we have pulled from multiple resources to create this calendar, it is available only to bundle patrons. The calendar will be available on the patron access page in January.
Printable Coloring Pages
We’ve formatted each of the illustrations from our children’s bulletins for printing as coloring pages for Sunday School, worship bags, or sending home. Find these full-page coloring sheets under the “Children’s Curriculum” section on the patron access page.
Theme Song Early Access
We will have the audio file and sheet music for the Tell Me Something Good theme song before the music video is completed. Get early access to these files on the patron access page.
Free on our blog
The following posts will be available for free on our blog:
MUSIC IDEAS FOR WORSHIP
We’re curating a long list of music ideas—both traditional and contemporary—for worship, fellowship, and listening.
Good Friday Prayers
To complement our Tell Me Something Good theme and Good Friday subtheme, we’re writing a collection of prayers to be used in your Good Friday worship or personal devotional practice.
Themed Banners
These printed-to-order banners feature the Tell Me Something Good theme branding (not included in the bundle)
Tell Me Something Good BannerS for Adornment
Order these custom banners to adorn your sacred space, perfect for bringing the Tell Me Something Good theme to life in your sanctuary.
Small banner: 34.5"x56" flag material with grommets, available in multiple colors ($35)
Table tapestry: 60"x80" soft blanket material with a hem ($45)
Meet our Guest contributors
Meet the talented writers, artists, and musicians we’ve partnered with to create these resources!
Guest Writers
Rev. Brian Blount, PhD
Commentary writer
Brian K. Blount (he/him) is President Emeritus of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, VA and Charlotte, NC. He was called to this position in 2007, after serving for 15 years as the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Princeton Theological Seminary. An M.Div. graduate of Princeton Seminary in 1981, he obtained his B.A. from the College of William and Mary in 1978. After graduating from Princeton Seminary, he went on to become the pastor of the Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church in Newport News, Virginia from 1982-1988. As William and Mary’s first African-American to receive membership in the Alpha Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, he received his Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Emory University in 1992. He returned to teach at Princeton Seminary the same year. He served as the president of the Society of Biblical Literature from 2017-2018. He served as the president of the Association of Theological Schools from 2018-2020.
Professor Blount’s primary work has been in the Gospel of Mark, the Book of Revelation, and in the areas of cultural studies, biblical hermeneutics, and apocalyptic theology. He lectures widely. He was the 2011 Beecher Lecturer at the Yale Divinity School, Yale University. The author of numerous articles, he also preaches and directs adult education classes in local congregations. He is married, and he and his wife, Sharon, have two children, Joshua and Kaylin.
Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail
Commentary writer
Named one of Sojourner Magazine’s “12 Women Shaping the Church” in 2025, Rev. Lizzie (she/her) is known for her passionate, fierce, and colorful reclamation of Christianity as a writer, priest, online creative, and proud mom of two. Lizzie has lived all over the world, with her boots now rooted in Austin, Texas. She’s living her dream as the founding planter of Jubilee Episcopal Church! She is passionate about evangelism for a God who makes each of us for joy, which is why you might see her doing silly dances and talking about church history on Instagram & TikTok with her combined 100k followers, or on her podcast with fellow Episcopal priest Rev. Laura: “And Also With You.”
She’s thrilled to share her debut book, a first-of-its-kind devotional for the disillusioned, the deconstructing, and the disenchanted called: God Didn’t Make Us to Hate Us: 40 Devotions to Liberate Your Faith from Fear and Reconnect with Joy (Penguin Random House, 2025).
Lizzie grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and received her First Communion as a devout Catholic in the second grade. By the time she reached Middle School, her mother had led her family into her own calling to ministry, and Lizzie had the privilege (and, admittedly, challenge!) of watching her mother pursue ordination in the United Methodist Church, which culminated in her mother’s ordination as an Elder the same weekend Lizzie graduated high school. A graduate from Mount Holyoke College (Summa cum laude), Lizzie brought a passion for intersectional feminism and queer theology to her studies at Duke Divinity School and Seminary of the Southwest. It was her time in both South Hadley, Massachusetts and Durham, NC, that brought her into the Episcopal Church. Her home is filled with love with her husband, The Rev. Jonathan McManus-Dail, and their two beloved and wily daughters, who are oft found underfoot when Lizzie preaches.
revlizzie.com | @rev.lizzie | revlizzie.substack.com
Cláudio Carvalhaes, PhD
Liturgy writer for Holy Week
Cláudio Carvalhaes (he/him) is an earth thinker, theologian, liturgist, performer, artist and playwright, and a native Brazilian from São Paulo. He is now the Professor of Worship at Union Theological Seminary in New York. In the Spring of 2023, Carvalhaes received his Full Professorship at Union Seminary. In the Summer of 2023, Carvalhaes received the Honorary Degree Sacrae Theologiae Doctor bestowed by the Board of Trustees of Starr King School for the Ministry. And in the Fall of 2023, Carvalhaes received the award of The Most Creative Play at the New York Theater Festival with his play When Wajcha Meets Pachamama. He is the author of several books including: Liturgies from Below: Prayers from People at the Ends of the World and Inventory, and Metamorphoses and Emergenc(i)es: How Do We Become Green People and Earth Communities.
Carvalhaes teaches on rituals, worship/liturgy, performances, ecology, theology and the arts, indigenous knowledge, decolonial studies, anthropocene, interreligious dialogue and immigration and borders. He is married with Katie Perella and has four kids, three humans and one dog.
claudiocarvalhaes.com | @ccarvalhaes
Guest Artists
REV. T. DENISE ANDERSON
Guest artist
Denise (she/her) is a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and The Director for Compassion, Peace, and Justice Ministries at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). A graduate of Howard University School of Divinity, she served as Co-Moderator of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A). Denise’s writing has appeared in The Christian Century, The Huffington Post, and Sojourners Magazine, among other publications. As a gifted visual artist and photographer, she creates art that explores themes of spirituality, history, religion, and race.
tdandersonart.com | @tdandersonart
Carmelle Beaugelin Caldwell
Guest artist
Carmelle (she/her) is a Haitian-American multidisciplinary artist whose visual lexicon fuses gestural abstraction and theology to explore themes of diaspora, faith, and cultural memory. Borrowing her use of color from the vibrancy of Haitian artistic traditions, Carmelle's art pulses with movement and mysticism.
After earning a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, Carmelle founded BeauFolio Studio, curating collaborative experiences that merge fine art, spiritual disciplines, and play to foster creativity in sacred spaces. Her work has been featured in partnerships with Interfaith America, Flagler College, and Duke Divinity.
Beyond her studio practice, Carmelle serves as Associate Director of the Missing Voices Project at Flagler College’s Center for Religion and Culture and serves on the board of Artworks Trenton (artworkstrenton.org).
beaufoliostudio.com | @beaufoliostudio
Rev. Nicolette FAISON
Guest artist
Rev. Nicolette “Nic” (she/her) is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America serving as the Illinois Outreach Director for Faith in Place. Nic is the creator of MONadvocacy, a racial justice resource grounded in play, as well as the “Talks at the Desk” series which celebrates the voices of leaders in the ELCA African descent community: livinglutheran.org/2022/02/a-love-letter-to-african-descent-communities.
She is passionate about queer Black liberation, cultivating diverse leadership in faith spaces, and the art of creation. She is also the illustrator of God's Holy Darkness, written by Sharei Green and Beckah Selnick (Beaming Books, 2022). The book deconstructs anti-Blackness in Christian theology by celebrating instances in the story of God's people when darkness, blackness, and night are beautiful, good, and holy. She resides in the Chicagoland area with her two daughters and two cats, Penne Pablo and Rigatoni Braxton.
Guest musician
Britt Kusserow
Guest musician
Britt Kusserow (she/they) is a queer singer-songwriter and therapist based in Los Angeles, by way of Vermont, New Zealand, Indiana, and Minnesota. Known for lyrics that delve into existential and spiritual themes, Britt’s sound has drawn comparisons to The Indigo Girls, The Weepies, Soccer Mommy, and Judee Sill.
Raised in suburban Indiana as the grandchild of Lutheran missionaries, Britt began writing songs in the early 2000s—often about Jesus and horses. They spent much of their adolescence attending an Episcopal church, where early experiences of faith were shaped by a growing awareness of the disconnect between the loving God they felt personally and the exclusionary messages they received from others while coming out as queer.
This tension continues to inform Britt’s work as both a musician and a therapist, particularly in supporting other queer individuals healing from religious harm. Whether through songwriting or therapy, Britt explores the intersections of inner healing, divine love, and relational connection—hoping those themes resonate in both their music and their care for others.
brittkusserow.com | @brittkusserow