by Jane VanOsdol | Mar 16, 2026 | Soul
In February, I went to the Ash Wednesday service at King of Glory Church in Carmel, IN. About halfway through the service, the service bulletin directed the congregation to participate in the spoken prayer shown above. I was immediately drawn to the “fast from and...
by Jane VanOsdol | Feb 18, 2026 | Spirit
How to Celebrate Lent with Your Family Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. As a child, I remember the solemn mass of Ash Wednesday and being anointed with ashes in the sign of the cross on my forehead. As an adult, I attend a Protestant church, but I’ve...
by Jane VanOsdol | Feb 22, 2023 | Spirit
For dust you are and to dust you shall return. Genesis 3:19 NKJV Ash Wednesday I grew up going to church with my family on Ash Wednesday. Every year we quietly lined up to receive the ashes in the sign of the cross on our foreheads. As I walked back to my seat,...
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