Lent – Page 4 – Michael Stewart Williams

Why ashes?

Matthew 6:1-6 (NRSV) 6 “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then

One of my favorite Holy Week traditions is something that I first encountered while living in Estonia. When I headed for

11 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples

12 Then he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug

32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and

The harsh reality of Ash Wednesday One of the most surreal experiences in ministry comes every year on Ash Wednesday.

One of the most interesting pieces of making the switch to the Narrative Lectionary two years ago has been the