Drew Downs

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Ash Wednesday

  • Dust

    Episode 14. March 4, 2022

  • Our hearts don’t just follow our treasure. They’re linked. Which means the gospel demands we love and share with others.

  • Ash Wednesday challenges us to see the depth of our delusions of grandeur: our enslavement to our own egos.

  • For many, Ash Wednesday is a day of obligation. Others have no clue what it is. Its purpose is to open our hearts to change.

  • With or without the opportunity to have ashes put on our foreheads, we are invited to join in something important.

  • Lent, that season before Easter, is known for abstaining and fasting. But it is more than that. It’s a learning lab with a deadline. Lent as a 40-Day Love ChallengeAsh Wednesday | Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Today is the first day of Lent. Like many Christians, all over the world, I got up and focused on devotion.…