Ash Wednesday

When Silence Calls You Back to Yourself

We live in a world where noise is constant and distraction is easy. Even when we long for peace, we are not always sure how to find it.

Lent invites us into a different rhythm.

On this Ash Wednesday, we begin a 40 day journey toward Easter. A journey of reflection. Of honesty. Of courage. A journey that asks not only where we need to say “I’m sorry,” but where we might dare to say “Wow.”

In this short video, you will hear an invitation to rethink repentance. Not as shame. Not as looking backward in regret. But as coming to your senses. As waking up. As looking toward the future with hope.

Press play. Let the invitation meet you where you are.

A Question for the Journey

Frederick Buechner writes that to repent is to come to your senses. It is less about rehearsing the past and more about awakening to what is possible.

Over these next six weeks, we will walk the labyrinth together at St. Mary’s Sewanee. We will reflect on three movements of the spiritual life: release, receive, and return.

What do you need to release that blocks you from the Divine?

What might you receive if you allow yourself to be still?

How might you return to your life differently after a season of reflection?

Perhaps you will find a labyrinth near you. Perhaps you will download one from our website and trace it slowly with your finger. Perhaps you will simply sit in quiet for a few moments today.

Ash Wednesday reminds us that we are dust. But it also reminds us that we are beloved.

We invite you to walk this journey with us.

Rest. Renew. Reconnect.