Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Each year, the church invites us to a season of discipline and self-examination we call Lent. In liturgical traditions, it is most famous for being the time we give stuff up and eat fish on Fridays. In low-church traditions, if Lent is marked at all, it is taken …
Ash Wednesday
Ashes
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! On Ash Wednesday, we remind one another of our mortality. As customs go, this is an odd one. And to do so with ashes on our foreheads is more so. Because that oddity is the point. We don’t like talking about death. So we push ourselves to do it this day. And we …
A Word: Welcome to Lent
Lent, that season before Easter, is known for abstaining and fasting. But it is more than that. It’s a learning lab with a deadline. Lent as a 40-Day Love ChallengeAsh Wednesday | Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Today is the first day of Lent. Like many Christians, all over the world, I got up and …
