GalleryVaLENTines Day
By Miriam Rossow
Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday have landed on the same day this year! This is a rare occasion and a rather strange […]
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GalleryThe Imposition of Ashes
By Richard Rossow
Ash Wednesday is the name given to the first day of the season of Lent.
Ash Wednesday, originally called dies cinerum (day of ashes), […]
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GalleryHow to Parent When You’re a Hypocrite
Today is the first day of Lent and I’m already feeling uneasy.
I’m a hypocrite. Almost everything I tell my children not to do, I’ve […]
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GalleryBelieving the Impossible
His concerned eyes fasten to my forehead, then dart to those of his siblings with growing alarm. Slowly, he reaches up to touch his own, […]
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GalleryWhat is Ash Wednesday?
A couple of years ago, my good friend Adam Seeger came into my office at Peace Lutheran Church in Hurst, TX.
“Hey,” he said, “I […]
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GalleryAsh Wednesday
“Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilledamong us, just as they were handed down to us by […]