tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post284277202197382261..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Ash WednesdayGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-10314347917737484042011-03-10T20:17:25.746-06:002011-03-10T20:17:25.746-06:00I didn't grow up in a church tradition that ob...I didn't grow up in a church tradition that observed Lent, so it's only been in recent years that I've come to understand the beauty and power of the tradition. Last year I was at Ecclesia for Lent and donned ashes for the first time, ever. Didn't know I wasn't supposed to wash my forehead. <br /><br />No matter, the experienced left an indelible mark on my memory!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571320182271615693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-32763128483316223532011-03-10T15:38:55.579-06:002011-03-10T15:38:55.579-06:00Such a humbling mark, all sooty and soiled. I have...Such a humbling mark, all sooty and soiled. I have yet to get my first ashen mark, but I have been celebrating the day quietly by myself for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-46332957298024556102011-03-10T11:37:55.282-06:002011-03-10T11:37:55.282-06:00I was smudged once. It was very meaningful.
I rem...I was smudged once. It was very meaningful.<br /><br />I remember wondering what Vice-President Biden had run into last year. I had totally forgotten it was Ash Wednesday.Sandra Heska Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770393615748405966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-19592485033643658822011-03-09T21:48:13.063-06:002011-03-09T21:48:13.063-06:00Glynn, I was a practicing Catholic growing up, and...Glynn, I was a practicing Catholic growing up, and remember well the looks my non-Catholic friends would give me on Ash Wednesday. You summed it up well. :-)Brock S. Henninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718214541048130039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-7282879782942171492011-03-09T15:38:54.990-06:002011-03-09T15:38:54.990-06:00Hijack: I'm drawn up short by the first commen...Hijack: I'm drawn up short by the first commenter's name. My maiden name was Sheila Seiler. /hijack<br /><br />Glynn, the kids with smudges were a minority in my neighborhood. The memory I associate with them is being shushed when I pointed them out and asked my mom what they were. <br /><br />Cassandra, it is good to know that we're dust, isn't it? It comforts me so.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048851144169610362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-84948495900914120892011-03-09T13:58:16.311-06:002011-03-09T13:58:16.311-06:00I'm celebrating today that God knows I am dust...I'm celebrating today that God knows I am dust. How good it is. <br /><br />Sent you a DM, too.Cassandra Frearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564236561567663914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-51285481761972064952011-03-09T12:48:17.381-06:002011-03-09T12:48:17.381-06:00Bones rising up to speak. iLike. Aren't the li...Bones rising up to speak. iLike. Aren't the lines of "Pagan Christianity" a blur?Kathleen Overbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-38913170928861893242011-03-09T11:32:30.135-06:002011-03-09T11:32:30.135-06:00What a great little poem. Nice and tight.
Have yo...What a great little poem. Nice and tight.<br /><br />Have you got your smudge now? :)L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-53517847199170962502011-03-09T11:19:29.069-06:002011-03-09T11:19:29.069-06:00i am glad i came along after these comments.
it is...i am glad i came along after these comments.<br />it is all so wonderful and interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-14663212859574311572011-03-09T09:18:23.450-06:002011-03-09T09:18:23.450-06:00I never did get smudged...but I was always curious...I never did get smudged...but I was always curious about. Beautiful expression bro'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07866639097998917122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-20235184386225897962011-03-09T08:11:10.987-06:002011-03-09T08:11:10.987-06:00Hmmm... so I was one of the one's with the smu...Hmmm... so I was one of the one's with the smudged forehead. And I wanted to rub it off because it made me different!<br /><br />Good poem Glynn, as Maureen said, we don't want to be left-behind -- and it is always from our perspective that we experience our position of inclusion or exclusion!Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-72216533382312119812011-03-09T07:12:32.628-06:002011-03-09T07:12:32.628-06:00Good poem. It underscores the mystery of so much w...Good poem. It underscores the mystery of so much we accept without questioning, only knowing that we do not want to be one of the left-behind.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-62723990599872617842011-03-09T06:57:30.822-06:002011-03-09T06:57:30.822-06:00paczi's and smudges
I was a catholic and I&#...paczi's and smudges <br />I was a catholic and I'm still not <br />sure why ashes on the forehead<br />existed. I'll check out the site.<br />thanks Glynn.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-66348154868355131732011-03-09T05:23:17.212-06:002011-03-09T05:23:17.212-06:00As a pentecostal we never did any of the "tra...As a pentecostal we never did any of the "traditional" things, so I agree. Now I go to a Evangelical Covenant church that does observe - and I am going tonight to our Ash Wednesday service to get my own "smudge".Sheila Silerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15284982582798743408noreply@blogger.com