Tag: incarnation
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Ash Wednesday: Living Dust
Every year Christians from around the world and throughout Church history have gathered on Ash Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of Lent and to have ash smeared on their foreheads. An odd ritual, to be sure, but a profound one. Ash Wednesday, after Christmas, is probably the most serious reflection on the goodness of creation.…
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Keeping Christ in Christmas in an Incarnational Way
“Keep Christ in Christmas” is a phrase many Christians repeat this time of year. It often comes from a real concern that Christmas is being emptied of its meaning. Yet the phrase itself raises an important question. Are we talking about preserving a name and a set of symbols, or about embodying the life of…
Joshua Strickler 