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Spiritual Seasons
Posted by Kimberly Allen
The opinion section of today's Richmond Times-Dispatch features article by Wallace+ about Lent and Ash Wednesday. It appears as part of "Religious Literacy," the paper's series on issues relating to faith. Wallace+ writes:
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"This day also marks the beginning of our Lenten Preaching Series at St. Paul's, a downtown Richmond tradition dating back over 100 years. While our theme this year is "A Gospel for the 21st Century," our hope every year is that this offering is a way for Richmonders to know and experience afresh the deeply human and ageless spiritual need to get in touch with -- and to get back in touch with -- the presence of the Divine in our lives and in the world, as we each move through the seasons, both natural and spiritual, of our lives."
Click here to read the full article.
Ash Wednesday Services
Today's remaining Ash Wednesday services with the imposition of Ashes take place at 11:30 am in the Church and 5:30 pm in the Chapel.
Faith News
It's exciting to see such an ongoing emphasis on Richmond's faith communities in our local media.
Style Weekly also has a special series on prayer (see "Brittney's Ascent" about prayer vigils). Richmond Magazine's 2010 Sourcebook features the efforts of worship groups to build bridges for community understanding (for example, Rabbi Ben Romer of Congregation Or Ami and Imad Damaj of the Virginia Muslim Coalition for Public Affairs are actively engaged).
And WCVE Public Radio has covered area faith news in its reports by Special Correspondent John Ogle, including last week's feature about our Lenten Series, which involves over 400 volunteers from more than 80 area faith communities. Listen to the full story below:
