Ash Wednesday
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The brine of Christianity
I don’t go to church anymore, but the faith I was pickled in still shapes me.
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Dust and the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10)
I am thankful that this Ash Wednesday comes with the reminder of grace along with death.
Winter gloom like the noonday (Isaiah 58:1-12)
Mardi Gras sounds more fun.
February 5, Ep5A (Isaiah 58:1-12)
Ritual and justice don’t exist in a push-pull relationship.
When nothing matches (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
It’s easy to read this passage and assume it has nothing to do with us.
March 2, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Some years the message of Ash Wednesday feels more tender than others.
A God who does laundry (Lent 5B) (Psalm 51:1-12)
On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance
When you pray, not if (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21; Ash Wednesday)
Mainline Christians have often distorted this passage from Matthew.
February 17, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
The distinctions between how we love God, neighbor, and self are not terribly thick.
The #ashtag (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21; Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10)
What would Jesus say about it?
by Amy Ziettlow
February 26, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
by Amy Ziettlow
February 9, Epiphany 5A (Isaiah 58:1–12; Psalm 112:1–10; 1 Corinthians 2:1–16; Matthew 5:13–20)
Putting flesh on the bones of justice
by Kat Banakis
When a father and husband walked out, grace called him home
I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.
The gift of relying on others
Briallen Hopper develops an alternative to the twin American creeds of self-reliance and marriage.