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#Ash Wednesday_2024
“Brothers and sisters:We are ambassadors for Christ,as if God were appealing through us.We implore you on behalf of Christ,be reconciled to God.For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. Working together, then,we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.For he says: In an acceptable time I heard you,and on the day of salvation I helped you. Behold, now is a very acceptable time;behold, now is the day of salvation.” – 2 Cor 5:20—6:2 Continue reading #Ash Wednesday_2024
Black Ash!
Today is Ash Wednesday! For Nigerian Christians, it is a beginning of a bitter Lenten Season. The ashes are black! We have known so much pain these days. So, it is a black Ash Wednesday! If the ash is to remind us of our mortality, and so, of the call to repentance, conversion and transformation, we now live in a state where we need not be reminded of our mortality. Death surrounds us! It stares us coldly right into the eyes! It dares us everyday! The blood that flows in our homes, cities, streets, communities and even forests has hardened … Continue reading Black Ash!
Alongside One Another 