Lent and Ash Wednesday
Reimagining the Season from a Pro-Human Lens
Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. This is a season of the Church Calendar that focuses on repentance and preparing for the celebration of Easter. Unfortunately, it’s also a day that is rife with anti-human theology. For those of us who have experienced a faith shift toward a theology that affirms the goodness of our humanity, days like this can be difficult to make sense of.
Last Sunday at GracePointe Church I offered a sermon that introduces Ash Wednesday and Lent—when they began, how they have been understood, etc.—and that seeks to reimagine them in a way that embraces their gifts but also employs a pro-human lens.
If you struggle with this day and this season, if you’ve wondered if there’s still any meaning to be found in it, and/or if you’d like to find a way to reimagine them so that they are not anti-human, then you just might find this sermon helpful. You will find the links to the sermon, as well as a previous Ash Wednesday post I shared here on Substack, below. I hope it’s helpful!
Sermon: An Introduction to Lent and Ash Wednesday
Article: Some Good News for Ash Wednesday