{"id":14478,"date":"2026-02-19T11:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14478"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:39:16","slug":"editors-note-on-ramadan-and-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14478","title":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Note: On Ramadan and Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Greetings, readers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramadan and Lent both started this week. You may be on a few mailing lists for content related to either, or both; I know my inbox is overflowing. Here are a few items that may interest you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/worldviews-coincide-what-happens-when-lent-and-ramadan-overlap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Worldviews coincide: What happens when Lent and Ramadan overlap?<\/a> (Mission Network News)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zwemercenter.com\/guide\/ramadan-and-lent-9-considerations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ramadan and Lent: Nine Points to Consider<\/a>, on ways Ramadan observances reflect early church teachings on Lent (Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lausanne.org\/about\/blog\/understanding-your-muslim-neighbour-ramadan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Understanding Your Muslim Neighbor: Ramadan<\/a> has great suggestions for meaningful engagement during this season (Lausanne Movement).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/0e9092445afe\/shanes-muslim-connect-fireworks-9369489?e=d2e0afe01e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What do Muslims get from Ramadan?<\/a> lists five things Muslims hope to gain through this observance and links to a downloadable one-page prayer guide (Shane Bennett).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for stories from around the world about divine intervention and ongoing conflicts. May they equip and inspire you to pray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grace and peace,<br>Marti<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, readers! Ramadan and Lent both started this week. You may be on a few mailing lists for content related to either, or both; I know my inbox is overflowing. Here are a few items that may interest you. Read on for stories from around the world about divine intervention and ongoing conflicts. May they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Editor\u2019s Note: On Ramadan and Lent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14479,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14478\/revisions\/14479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}