Our lives and our world are "dirty," but maybe that dirt is actually life-giving and essential for goodness to grow in and through us.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. So you might be wondering..... what are Ash Wednesday and Lent???? Jeremy is joined by Joy Tuveson for an explainer about the history of the season and an even more healing way of marking it.

This special episode features a prayer and a poem for peace in Ukraine featured in worship on February 27, separated by an original song by My Anchor Holds entitled "War Song."

The experience of God in Jesus is like... a mosaic that gets more beautiful the more you add to it.

The experience of God in Jesus is like... come-down-from-heaven bread, the nourishment we need to get through one day at a time.

The experience of God in Jesus is like... a mirror showing us who we are and who we can be.

The experience of God in Jesus is like... resiliency when healing doesn't come.

The experience of God in Jesus is like... being seen as the beloved children of God who we truly are.

The experience of God in Jesus is like... coming to terms with our past so we don't have to be defined by it.

The experience of God in Jesus is like... the feeling of anger when we see injustice and the world not as it should be.