Tag: Ash Wednesday

On this Day of Hearts and Ashes—You Are Deeply Flawed but Also Deeply Loved

Michele Morin11 Comments
Hearts and Ashes—Deeply Flawed Deeply Loved

On this collision of holidays         with ashes for mourning         and hearts for love,We are grateful, Lord Jesus, for your perfect love         and for your wrath-absorbing sacrifice. We confess that our own love is         unreliable,         intermittent,         and usually utterly dependent upon our feelings and our circumstances. Thank you for your steadfast love that extends to the… Continue reading On this Day of Hearts and Ashes—You Are Deeply Flawed but Also Deeply Loved

Ash Wednesday in the Parenting Pressure Cooker

Michele Morin34 Comments
Ash Wednesday is a day to grow in our understanding of where to take our struggle with sin.

Strict practitioners would not have approved of my methods, but on one long ago mid-winter Wednesday, I smeared ashes on the foreheads of my two preschoolers and myself. An offering of the hardwood that had heated our home the day before, these ashes were not “ceremonially correct” in any way. At the time, I did… Continue reading Ash Wednesday in the Parenting Pressure Cooker