I apologize for posting this at the very end of Lent. Better late than never. I was busy preparing other content for the site, and the end of Lent snuck up on me.
Maybe that’s fitting. Lent has a way of slipping by quietly. It doesn’t demand attention. It invites it. And before the season passes completely, I wanted to share something I put together with Jonathon for our community… something that’s been sitting with me over the past few weeks.
Certain seasons invite us to slow down, to listen more closely, and to reflect a little more deeply. Lent is one of those seasons. For me, I’ve long thought that The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was just as much a Christmas movie as an Easter movie. In fact, I think it is more Easter than Christmas. And for Narnia fans, Lent carries a familiar echo: a world frozen in winter, a Stone Table, and a Lion who walks willingly toward sacrifice.
This playlist, Lent in Narnia, is meant to walk that road.
Lent isn’t just about giving things up. It’s about entering into a story. A story of grief, repentance, surrender, and ultimately, redemption. As we were putting this together, I found myself drawn to songs that sit in that tension. Some are quiet and reflective, others are heavier and more somber, but all of them point in some way to the cost of love and the depth of what Christ did.
You’ll hear artists like Michael Card, Bethany Dillon, and even Johnny Cash alongside film scores and instrumental pieces that capture something words can’t always express. Tracks like How Deep the Father’s Love for Us and Were You There? stay close to the heart of the season, while pieces like Howard Shore’s The Breaking of the Fellowship or Harry Gregson-Williams’ The Stone Table help evoke that same sense of weight and sacrifice that we see in Narnia.
At the center of it all is a moment every Narnia fan remembers: the walk to the Stone Table. It’s not triumphant or loud. It’s quiet, deliberate, and full of meaning. That’s the space this playlist lives in. It doesn’t rush past the sorrow. It sits with it.
Jonathon also took the time to carefully re-order the playlist so that it flows more intentionally from reflection into quiet hope. That progression really matters. It helps the whole experience feel less like a collection of songs and more like a journey.
But Lent isn’t only about sorrow. Even here, there are glimpses of something more. A line in a song, a swell in the music, a reminder that the story isn’t over. Songs like It Is Well With My Soul and Amazing Grace don’t ignore the darkness, but they remind us that it’s not the end of the story.
If you listen to this playlist, I’d encourage you not to treat it like background noise. Maybe take it one or two songs at a time. Listen on a walk, or in a quiet moment, or alongside Scripture. Think of it less as entertainment and more as a way to enter into the season.
Narnia has always had a way of helping us see deeper truths more clearly. In its own way, this playlist tries to bring those echoes together… the long winter, the sacrifice, and the quiet hope that something greater is at work.
And when you’re ready to step out of the quiet and into the joy of resurrection, I’ve put together a companion playlist for Easter as well.
Feels odd NOT being an alias. Neither Copperfox nor Mister Eclectic now; I am Joseph Richard Ravitts, born on 28 December 1951 in the south suburbs of Chicago. Grew up in Rockford, 90 miles west of Chicago. Married three times; Mary for 25 years before she entered Aslan’s country. Second wife Janalee died after I’d been with Dancing Lawn for a year or so; her passing WAS REPORTED on forum, when I had been working on a spoof of Christian romance novels. Carol, third wife, is the only one still dwelling on Adam’s planet, and she divorced me because she just felt like it.
About Lent: for those who observe it, I don’t think one person should tell another person WHAT to give up.
Thank you for sharing this playlist; I look forward to listening to it little by little, especially to the pieces that are less familiar to me. — Even though Easter has now passed, I feel the continuing need for focusing on the Savior and seeking Him so that He increase… and in contrast, my God-forgetting, self-relying nature needs to decrease. Thus, your list need have no expiration date.