Advent

Wednesday morning early I joined my Catholic friend Maryann for the Ash Wednesday service at her church. I wanted to truly mark the start of the Lenten season, to begin the weeks ahead with a time of quiet and reflection. It was so different than my own church. I loved kneeling to pray before we sat in the quiet. The grand space and slow deliberate service seemed a world apart. The reading of scripture, the responses to God's word, the mark of the ashes on my forehead set my heart for days of special worship ahead...