I’m glad to share that my new book, The Church Is Open: Lent, is now available to buy from Lulu.

This volume follows on from The Church Is Open: Advent and The Church Is Open: Christmas & Epiphany, continuing a series shaped by the seasons of the church year as they are actually lived—slowly, imperfectly, and in community.

This book grew slowly, out of parish life and the quiet texture of the wilderness weeks. It’s shaped by six Sundays, two feast days, and all the in-between moments that rarely make it into guides or manuals: mismatched vestments, folded notes, minor-key hymns, and candles lit before we know what to pray.

The Church Is Open: Lent is a collection of interwoven stories set in a city parish that keeps its doors open through the wilderness weeks. Along the way, you’ll meet Eoin, a theological student learning that ministry is less about getting it right and more about staying present; Fr Maeve, the Tuesday Choir, and a small community discovering grace in the ordinary, the imperfect, and the unfinished.

There are biscuits and mishaps. There is grief, laughter, silence, and song. There is dust that does not erase joy, and joy that is honest enough to carry dirt with it.

This is not a how-to for Lent. It’s a mosaic—of presence, care, inclusion, and creative courage. A reminder that Lent is not about leaving behind, but about being found, again and again.

If this sounds like a companion for your own Lent—or something to return to year after year—you can find the book here:

👉 Buy The Church Is Open: Lent on Lulu:
https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-mcfarland-campbell/the-church-is-open-lent/paperback/product-2m8e6rm.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Thank you, as always, for reading, for listening, and for keeping the door open.