Lessons from Ashes

Ash Wednesday sparked a meditation on phoenixes, potash soap, and spiritual transformation. What connects a mythical bird, early American resourcefulness, and the ashes adorning faithful foreheads? All point to the same truth: something must first turn to ash before we can rise anew.

“I Find Myself in a Great School”

In the three scriptural accounts of the creation (Genesis 1:26-28, Moses 2:26-28, Abraham 4:26-28), God creates man and woman in his own image and likeness. IM’AGE, noun [Latin imago.]1. A representation or similitude of any person or thing, formed of a material substance LI’KENESS, noun1. Resemblance in form; similitude.  I think it is clear that human beings were created to…