“Chuck Knows Church” is a fun set of videos produced by the Methodist Church’s General Board of Discipleship. Each one presents Chuck – he’s actually an actor by the name of Josh (don’t ask me why they didn’t just find a real person to talk about the church) – talking about one element or another of Christian faith and worship. Baptism, Parables, Potlucks 🙂 – Chuck takes up all these and more. In this episode, Chuck talks about Ash Wednesday, teaching or reminding us of a few of the essentials about Ash Wednesday. It runs just over two minutes, and so it may be a nice way to prepare...

I have, as you’ve probably noticed, had of late a hard time keeping up with the discipline of posting day – let alone twice daily! – but I am re-committing to that discipline as we enter into Lent. Two years ago about this time, I started this blog largely from a desire to provide Lenten Devotions for folks whose congregations were no longer doing that, and I enjoyed it so much I just kept right on going. And so I’m eager to return to those roots as well as continuing to work at connecting faith to issues of daily life. So…Lenten Devotions start tomorrow! We’ll be working through the Passion According to St. Matthew and I’m...