Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! In Lent, we’re reading these long gospels, including the visit with Nicodemus, the woman at the well, Jesus giving sight to the man born blind, and the resurrection of Lazarus. In one sense, these stories defy our expectations of a gospel passage that’s about ten …
death
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 …
