by Jason Coker | Feb 14, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
It may happen more often than I realize, but I cannot remember Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day landing on the same day—ever! Being a congregational minister and a husband for over 25 years, this is something I would have remembered. In fact, a quick search engine...
by Molly T. Marshall | Mar 2, 2022 | Opinion
Get ready for Lent? After all we have been through for the past two years? Seriously? It feels like we have had a perpetual Lent in these months of upheaval and now undertaking spiritual practices for the sake of renewal may seem more onerous than in other years. All...
by Jessica McDougald | Feb 17, 2021 | Opinion
My mom and I have been sneaking off to Catholic Mass each Ash Wednesday morning for the past few years. We spend the hour soaking our Baptist bones in Catholic liturgy and leave with dark smudges on our foreheads. My mom is the director of a preschool at a local...
by Mitch Randall | Feb 27, 2020 | Opinion
“Boys,” I asked my two sons a few years ago, “what are you giving up for Lent?” My youngest son quickly pounced. “Broccoli, I’m giving up broccoli for Lent.” He beamed, knowing he had just beaten the system of vegetable requirements at dinner. His older brother, who...
by Mandy McMichael | Feb 26, 2020 | Opinion
Pentecost is my favorite day of the Christian year. I love the red, the excitement, the passion, the Spirit. The solemn drama of Ash Wednesday is a close second. Ash Wednesday inspires in ways impossible to describe. I recognize the oddity of prizing a day of great...
