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Podcast: Life This Side of Heaven
Episode: When All That's Left Is Ashes
Description: Today is Ash Wednesday in the Church Year. It signals the beginning of the 40-day penitential season of Lent. With contrition we reflect on our sins and our need for a Savior. And the custom of having ashes smudged onto our foreheads on Ash Wednesday is a sobering reminder that one day, at the end of life, all that is left are the ashes. But you and I have a Savior who lifts us from the ash heap.