Ash Wednesday

The Hard and Holy Work of Talking to Young Children about Death

Sometimes in our work with children, we rub up against the edges of what Jerome Berryman called “existential limits." He named …

In a 2016 article called “On Ash Wednesday, The Power of Scripture,” one of my editor predecessors, Charlotte Hand Greeson, lifts …

A few years ago I went to pick up my kids at our church preschool. I had trouble finding a parking spot and realized with a …

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” ~Book of Common Prayer p. 265.This is a difficult, somber, and …

To download this beautiful resource for households that supports the celebration of Ash Wednesday at home as a PDF, click …

A Note on Ash Wednesday and the Imposition of Ashes in a Time of Pandemic Several bishops have recently asked if I had any …

Here we go again, folks: figuring out how to keep the holy days if we are in a place where the pandemic has prevented us from …

“Must we do Lent this year? We have had such a long and difficult year. We have already lost so much. There has already been too …

Use this simple liturgy to make Ash Wednesday accessible to people of all ages. We wanted to make Ash Wednesday, a day …

As Ash Wednesday approaches, here are three teaching points to consider as you invite your community into a meaningful experience …