Lent both begins and ends in the dirt. On Ash Wednesday, we marked the beginning of Lent by marking our foreheads with a smudge of oil and ash. We remembered that we are dust and to dust we will return. Looking ahead, in 40 days (+ Sundays) we’ll complete this Lenten journey as we gather around a grave. As we move…

Lent begins this week on February 26 with Ash Wednesday. For some of us who weren’t raised in a very liturgical Christian tradition, Lent may still be a fairly new thing. It wasn’t part of my church growing up, but in the past decade, I’ve come to love the symbolism and invitation of this day…