Ash Wednesday sounds morbid to some, but it exists to tell us the truth, to ask us to come close to the reality of this life: we are always transforming, growing toward wisdom. And it will end. But I love that in the Christian tradition death is understood as a both/and. It is a result of brokenness in the world and it is also a threshold, a transition to fullness of life. As the Apostle Paul wrote, death is still with us, but through Jesus it has lost its sting.

• Read Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most  
• Here's the “further up and further in” qote from CS Lewis.
• " a voice behind us whispering" comes from Isaiah 30:21
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• This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Letter on Substack.
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