Ash Wednesday 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today is Ash Wednesday. In some communities the lines will be out the door and around the block as if people were in line for a Springsteen concert. I suspect the mood is a bit different in these two lines. And it is right and just that it is so. While Read more [...]

Ash Wednesday 2021

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Friends, one of these days, when I can make the time, I'll re-invent the Lenten wheel. But for now, here are some old wheels that still have some mileage on them. Take your pick: DOOR NUMBER ONE: The Ashes and the Cross: http://www.thesacredbraid.com/2014/03/05/the-ashes-and-the-cross/ DOOR Read more [...]

Ash Wednesday and All the Trees of God

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Ash Wednesday Receive this cross of ash upon your brow Brought from the burning of Palm Sunday’s cross; The forests of the world are burning now And you make late repentance for the loss. But all the trees of God would clap their hands, The Read more [...]

The Bait-and-Switch Switch

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

ASH WEDNESDAY-- In advertising there is the well-known tactic of "bait-and-switch." There are different ways of doing this. One way is to advertise a particular product in such a way that it gets potential buyers into the store only then to substitute Read more [...]

From Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Greetings Goodpeople: As you shake off the remnants of last night’s Fat Tuesday shenanigans and don the ashes of transformation, consider reading one of the following articles or posts as we begin Lent: http://www.thesacredbraid.com/the-written-word/articles/lent/awake-o-sleeper-arise-from-the-dead-and-christ-shall-give-you-light/ or http://www.thesacredbraid.com/2014/03/05/the-ashes-and-the-cross/ Read more [...]

How’s Your Love Life?

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

Ash Wednesday Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God, For God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting in punishment Read more [...]

The Ashes and the Cross

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

Part I Today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Lent is a season for deliberate self-inventory and communal reflection as it relates to the incarnation of faith, hope, and love. I like to remind people that the ashes Christians “receive” Read more [...]

Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

The Lenten ashes applied to our foreheads vividly symbolize the essential mystery of our faith: in and through death comes new life. Before the days of recycling, it was an old Italian custom at the end of each winter, to do a thorough spring cleaning, Read more [...]

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