I love the image of someone having ashes applied to their forehead. This is a nice one, but really it’s more the idea than anything else. Every time I see people coming up to receive ashes, I love just watching their faces. Depnding on their age, background, time in the church, etc, you can see that there are a lot of different things going on in their minds. This is the beginning of the Lenten season and we all come with a whole life behind us, but also our expectations for this season and year.
So I have two questions for you:
As you receive ashes, what do you like to hear from the pastor?
As you receive ashes, what are you thinking?
