Ash Wednesday

“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Who’s sin is covered!”
—Psalm 32:1

Today is a day of ashes, a day to remember that we were dust and to dust we shall return.  In that, we consider the ends of our nature, the temporal nature of our desires. How does sin so easily entangle? How is it wound into all of us?

In the recognition of our ashenness, we can still find joy in this: Ash Wednesday marks a season of reflection on Christ’s march to the cross, his death, burial, and res...