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Ash Wednesday emphasizes a dual encounter: we confront our mortality and confess our sin before God within the community of faith. The use of ashes as a sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship, and the Imposition of Ashes can be a powerful nonverbal and experiential way of participating in the call to repentance and reconciliation. This practice is the historic focus of the Ash Wednesday observance and gave the day its name. It is traditional to save the palm branches from the previous Passion/Palm Sunday service and burn them ahead of time to produce the ashes for this service.

ASH WEDNESDAY 2024 UPDATE: After two years away from this project and some false starts during the pandemic, I am excited to begin again in 2024. As we start this year, I’m leaving up all the previous year’s posts simply to keep in mind what’s gone before. While the goal is always to post pics each day of Lent, this year, I’ve vowed to post every day while also giving myself grace if, for some reason, it does not happen. Sundays will feature a color photo since every Sunday is like a mini-Easter (which is why we do not count Sundays in the 40 days of Lent) as a reminder that Easter is coming. These are posted to my Instagram account and archived here. Click on any picture to see the whole image along with the caption.

14MAR2019 | DAY 09 | LENT IN B&W

14MAR2019 | DAY 09 | LENT IN B&W

Nutrition labels are but one way to help us take measure of what we are putting into our bodies...through the season of Lent…

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13MAR2019 | DAY 08 | LENT IN B&W

13MAR2019 | DAY 08 | LENT IN B&W

Much as for centuries the crown is used to adjust the watch’s accuracy, the season of Lent provides for us a season to allow the crown of Christ to adjust our lives...

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12MAR2019 | DAY 07 | LENT IN B&W

12MAR2019 | DAY 07 | LENT IN B&W

Lent...a season of stark contrast wherein we are provided ample opportunity to examine the direction in which we are going and to shift gears if necessary...

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11MAR2019 | DAY 06 | LENT IN B&W

11MAR2019 | DAY 06 | LENT IN B&W

Unlike a DVR, a life of faith is not one that we can pause, rewind, fast-forward through, or record to watch later. Lent gives us the room…

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10MAR2019 | DAY 05 | LENT IN B&W

10MAR2019 | DAY 05 | LENT IN B&W

Lent is a season for us to examine if we have as much enthusiasm for following Christ as a child wanting to help her daddy fix a toilet on a Sunday afternoon...

LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 10, 2019Comment

09MAR2019 | DAY 04 | LENT IN B&W

09MAR2019 | DAY 04 | LENT IN B&W

May we use the season of fasting and penitence to develop a…

LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 9, 2019Comment

08MAR2019 | DAY 03 | LENT IN B&W

08MAR2019 | DAY 03 | LENT IN B&W

Lent - a season that invites us to haul to the curb…

LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 8, 2019Comment

07MAR2019 | DAY 02 | LENT IN B&W

07MAR2019 | DAY 02 | LENT IN B&W

The fire that consumed last year’s palms to produce this year’s ashes may…

LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 7, 2019Comment

06MAR2019 | DAY 01 | LENT IN B&W

06MAR2019 | DAY 01 | LENT IN B&W

And so it begins...40 Days of Lent...ashes fresh from the burning of…

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