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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is a unique time for revisiting the work of the soul and taking stock of what God has done and is doing in us. It is a time for letting go of those things that possess us and lay a claim instead to our own hope in Christ.  It offers us the opportunity to stop and bend backward, to reflect and turn towards God. It reminds each of us that we can turn and be made whole in Jesus. For in Christ, God is shown more perfectly to our souls. This Ash Wednesday, and throughout Lent, may we see and be made whole in God. —Renee Miller