\n\n\u201cThe kind of religion [Jesus] promoted wasn\u2019t performative, as so much of religious life can be. We give because it is necessary. Prayer prioritizes God\u2019s will, not our words. Fasting produces spiritual, not physical evidence. What we value is different. \u2026 Again and again, God invites us into fuller ways of being. There is no better time to accept that invitation than now, when so much is different. Maybe no ashes mark our foreheads today, but they can still mark our hearts.\u201d
\u2014 Rev. T. Denise Anderson
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