Lent, 2023: The Beginning of Lent

A brief history of lent

Lent began this past week. On Ash Wednesday, February 22. Around the world Christians placed a smudge of ash on their foreheads as the first act in a 40-day introspective journey both to remember and to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus. 

You may have always celebrated Lent as a follower of Jesus. You may also have been part of a church that …