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This week, it was my privilege to join with our own Pastor Steph Cramer and Epworth UMC’s Pastor Nina Patton-Semerod for a sacred Lenten tradition: gathering last year’s palm leaves, burning the palms to ash, mixing the ashes with oil, and offering the mark ashes to the gathered faithful.
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It’s such an important part of the ritual of Lent, and I’m so grateful to share these moments with such wonderful colleagues in ministry.