The importance of this gardening ritual fell flat on me, but to my Granny Norman it was a wonderful reminder of our ...

Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn of Christian ... “The story from the book of Genesis tells us that Adam — the word ...

Welcome to our series of Lent and Easter reflections. Our Ash Wednesday reflection, inspired by Matthew 6: 16-21, explores the significance of the cross of ash being marked on foreheads. Receive ...

Each service opens with a poem by Laura herself, and the five services take up the themes of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, including famous works by Gerard ...

During Ash Wednesday rituals, a member of the clergy will dab ashes on churchgoers’ foreheads and form a cross as a symbol of mortality. The clergy quote a biblical phrase from the book of ...