Parenting Lessons from the Ashes

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, but at the time, I… Continue reading Parenting Lessons from the Ashes