Ash Wednesday is a singular moment, not only in the Church year, but in our culture as well. Very seldom do we feel comfortable engaging our mortality, and there are entire industries devoted to helping us forget that all of us are mortal and time comes for us all.

As challenging as it is to confront this reality, reckoning with our own mortality also brings an air of release. We aren't meant to be eternal in this life, but what we offer is something of the eternal mystery – love. We worship God, who doesn't need us for existence, sustenance, or power; yet God does desire relationship. 

What can we offer but a broken heart to the one who knows how to fix it?

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