From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope:
A Lent Journey Through the Heart of the Holy Land
This series of Lent Reflection videos was filmed in the West Bank in February 2026 prior to the rapid escalation of conflict that we are now seeing across the region. Our partners, particularly in the West Bank and Lebanon, are directly affected and are already responding to urgent need. Please check our Partner Updates Page for the latest news.
WEEK 1 – THE CHOICES WE MAKE
We begin our Lenten journey on the Mount of Temptation…
…overlooking the ancient city of Jericho and with wilderness stretching out below. In our video reflection, Revd Su considers the Bible readings set for the first Sunday in Lent and looks at the choices Jesus made in the wilderness 2,000 years ago: faithfulness over power, integrity over dominion, sacrifice over comfort.
We too have choices to make – as communities, as churches, as nations. Our choices and actions shape the lives of others in very real ways. So as we enter this holy season, we’re invited to reflect on the choices before us and what we can do to help shape the world God longs for and participate in Christ’s healing work.
Lent Reflections 2026 | From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope
Week 1 | The choices we make
This reflection is based on the Bible Readings for the 1st Sunday in Lent:
Genesis 2:15-17 & 3:1-7
Romans 5:12-19
Matthew 4:1-11
Our Lent Reflection email to accompany this video includes a prayer, questions to reflect on and action points. If you missed the email, you can view it here: Lent Reflection email – week 1.
You can also download a pdf of the video transcript for week 1.
WEEK 2 – THE SALVATION WE ARE OFFERED
Today we visit the Holy City of Jerusalem…
…a place where identities, histories, and hopes overlap, blend and clash, where the message of salvation feels especially vital. Salvation, from the very beginning, is expansive. It is never confined to one tribe or one moment. It is blessing meant to overflow. If God’s salvation is a gift and a blessing for all, it cannot only be something we receive, it must also be embodied.
We too have choices to make – as communities, as churches, as nations. Our choices and actions shape the lives of others in very real ways. So as we enter this holy season, we’re invited to reflect on the choices before us and what we can do to help shape the world God longs for and participate in Christ’s healing work.
Lent Reflections 2026 | From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope
Week 2 | The salvation we are offered
This reflection is based on the Bible Readings for the 2nd Sunday in Lent:
Genesis 12:1-4a
Romans 4:1-5 & 13-17
John 3:1-17
Our Lent Reflection email to accompany this video includes a prayer, questions to reflect on and action points. If you missed the email, you can view it here: Lent Reflection email – week 2.
You can also download a pdf of the video transcript for week 2.
WEEK 3 – RECONCILIATION MADE POSSIBLE
Our lenten journey pauses, beside a well…
…the Bible readings for the 3rd Sunday in Lent take us to places of tension and thirst, both literal and spiritual, and invite us to see how God meets people there with grace. These readings encapsulate the journey of Lent. From wilderness to resurrection hope. From fracture to reconciliation. From thirst to life-giving water. Just as God brought water from the rock, and Jesus crossed boundaries to meet the woman at the well, reconciliation continues to be made possible often quietly, faithfully, and at great cost.
Lent Reflections 2026 | From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope
Week 3 | Reconciliation made possible
This reflection is based on the Bible Readings for the 3rd Sunday in Lent:
Exodus 17:1-7
Romans 5:1-11
John 4:5-42
Our Lent Reflection email to accompany this video includes a prayer, questions to reflect on and action points. If you missed the email, you can view it here: Lent Reflection email – week 3.
You can also download a pdf of the video transcript for week 3.
WEEK 4 – OPEN OUR EYES
At this point in our wilderness journey, we are invited to see afresh with God-opened eyes…
…the readings for the 4th Sunday in Lent share a single, insistent theme. God invites us to see differently. To look beyond surface appearance, assumptions, and our narrow certainties. Lent offers us this invitation too. It’s about illumination, opening our eyes, hearts, and minds to new possibilities, new ways of seeing. Recognising Jesus in our midst and seeing God’s work where we least expect it.
Lent Reflections 2026 | From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope
Week 4 | Open our eyes
This reflection is based on the Bible Readings for the 4th Sunday in Lent:
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Ephesians 5:8-14
John 9
Our Lent Reflection email to accompany this video includes a prayer, questions to reflect on and action points. If you missed the email, you can view it here: Lent Reflection email – week 4
You can also download a pdf of the video transcript for week 4.
WEEK 5 – WE CHOOSE LIFE
Today we are in Bethany, Al-Eizariya, the place of Lazarus…
…a place of grief transformed into a place of rejoicing in resurrection hope. The readings for the 5th Sunday in Lent all circle around the same question that runs through wilderness places, through exiled hearts, and through communities weighed down by loss. Do we dare to choose life?
Lent Reflections 2026 | From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope
Week 5 | We Choose Life
This reflection is based on the Bible Readings for the 5th Sunday in Lent:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Romans 8:6-11
John 11:1-45
Our Lent Reflection email to accompany this video includes a prayer, questions to reflect on and action points. If you missed the email, you can view it here: Lent Reflection email – week 5.
You can also download a pdf of the video transcript for week 5.
PALM SUNDAY – A SERVANT’S HEART
Today we stand atop the Mount of Olives…
…we begin Holy Week walking in the footsteps of Jesus and viewing the Old City of Jerusalem from the same vantage point that he did as he arrived to observe the Passover, a servant-king, gentle and riding on a donkey.
Lent Reflections 2026 | From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope
Palm Sunday | A Servant’s Heart
This reflection is based on the Bible Readings for Palm Sunday:
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Philippians 2:5-11
Matthew 21:4-11
Our Lent Reflection email to accompany this video includes a prayer, questions to reflect on and action points. If you missed the email, you can view it here: Lent Reflection email – Palm Sunday.
You can also download a pdf of the video transcript for Palm Sunday.
EASTER DAY – NEW LIFE, NEW POSSIBILITIES
Our Lenten journey culminates in resurrection hope…
…in the heart of the holy city of Jerusalem, in the light of the empty tomb, the message of Easter is clear. Resurrection is not the happy ending of a story. It is the beginning of possibility.
Lent Reflections 2026 | From Wilderness to Resurrection Hope
Easter Day | New Life, New Possibilities
This reflection is based on the Bible Readings for Easter Day:
Jeremiah 31:1-6
Colossians 3:1-4
John 20:1-18
Our Lent Reflection email to accompany this video includes a prayer, questions to reflect on and action points. If you missed the email, you can view it here: Lent Reflection email – Easter Day.
You can also download a pdf of the video transcript for Easter Day.