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LENT IN BLACK & WHITE
Ash Wednesday emphasizes a dual encounter: we confront our mortality and confess our sin before God within the community of faith. The use of ashes as a sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship, and the Imposition of Ashes can be a powerful nonverbal and experiential way of participating in the call to repentance and reconciliation. This practice is the historic focus of the Ash Wednesday observance and gave the day its name. It is traditional to save the palm branches from the previous Passion/Palm Sunday service and burn them ahead of time to produce the ashes for this service.

ASH WEDNESDAY 2024 UPDATE: After two years away from this project and some false starts during the pandemic, I am excited to begin again in 2024. As we start this year, I’m leaving up all the previous year’s posts simply to keep in mind what’s gone before. While the goal is always to post pics each day of Lent, this year, I’ve vowed to post every day while also giving myself grace if, for some reason, it does not happen. Sundays will feature a color photo since every Sunday is like a mini-Easter (which is why we do not count Sundays in the 40 days of Lent) as a reminder that Easter is coming. These are posted to my Instagram account and archived here. Click on any picture to see the whole image along with the caption.


28FEB2020 | DAY 03 | LENT IN B&W
28FEB2020 | DAY 03 | LENT IN B&W

One must have a reader in order to discover the content of the camera’s card; Lent provides us the opportunity to allow what is the content of our souls to be…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverFebruary 28, 2020Comment
27FEB2020 | DAY 02 | LENT IN B&W
27FEB2020 | DAY 02 | LENT IN B&W

The marvels of modern technology allow us to make it easy to find what is misplaced...through the season of Lent…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverFebruary 27, 2020Comment
26FEB2020 | DAY 01 | LENT IN B&W
26FEB2020 | DAY 01 | LENT IN B&W

As we encounter the ashes of Ash Wednesday, let us be mindful that for some the ashes represent…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverFebruary 26, 2020Comment
20APR2019 | DAY 46 | LENT IN B&W
20APR2019 | DAY 46 | LENT IN B&W

Well...he’s dead...The tomb is sealed...time to move on along...he was just another charlatan…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 20, 2019Comment
19APR2019 | DAY 45 | LENT IN B&W
19APR2019 | DAY 45 | LENT IN B&W

The challenge of Good Friday is having faith in the midst of hopelessness when all…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 19, 2019Comment
18APR2019 | DAY 44 | LENT IN B&W
18APR2019 | DAY 44 | LENT IN B&W

Lent is a season for us to return to our Lord, remembering that failure to…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 18, 2019Comment
17APR2019 | DAY 43 | LENT IN B&W
17APR2019 | DAY 43 | LENT IN B&W

Much like a dog’s sniffing gets more aggressive the stronger the scent as they sense their target is…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 17, 2019Comment
16APR2019 | DAY 42 | LENT IN B&W
16APR2019 | DAY 42 | LENT IN B&W

…[W]hat more visible cue to a proper Lenten observance than to put ourselves in the mindset of…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 16, 2019Comment
15APR2019 | DAY 41 | LENT IN B&W
15APR2019 | DAY 41 | LENT IN B&W

…[W]hat is Lent if not a season where Christians confront the reality that Christ paid…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 15, 2019Comment
14APR2019 | DAY 40 | LENT IN B&W
14APR2019 | DAY 40 | LENT IN B&W

…[A]s a child is captivated by light streaming through over-100-year-old stained glass that illuminates…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 14, 2019Comment
13APR2019 | DAY 39 | LENT IN B&W
13APR2019 | DAY 39 | LENT IN B&W

Lent allows us a season to ensure our lives are aimed in…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 13, 2019Comment
12APR2019 | DAY 38 | LENT IN B&W
12APR2019 | DAY 38 | LENT IN B&W

Golfers need ball-washers along the way through 18 in order to get rid of…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 12, 2019Comment
11APR2019 | DAY 37 | LENT IN B&W
11APR2019 | DAY 37 | LENT IN B&W

Bibliophiles have myriad ways to mark their place in whatever tome might be in their hands...these markers allow…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 11, 2019Comment
10APR2019 | DAY 36 | LENT IN B&W
10APR2019 | DAY 36 | LENT IN B&W

Lent gives us the time to take solace in the fact that Christ is always aware…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 10, 2019Comment
09APR2019 | DAY 35 | LENT IN B&W
09APR2019 | DAY 35 | LENT IN B&W

…[B]y engaging in the disciplines of the Lenten season, we are able to experience the resurrection in…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 9, 2019Comment
08APR2019 | DAY 34 | LENT IN B&W
08APR2019 | DAY 34 | LENT IN B&W

The lengths to which we will go in order to mount our satellite dishes speaks volumes about…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 8, 2019Comment
07APR2019 | DAY 33 | LENT IN B&W
07APR2019 | DAY 33 | LENT IN B&W

[B]y committing to prayer, introspection, repentance, and confession during each day of the Lenten season, we combine that with…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 7, 2019Comment
06APR2019 | DAY 32 | LENT IN B&W
06APR2019 | DAY 32 | LENT IN B&W

...[I]f nothing else, Lent is an opportunity to assess one’s faith and act accordingly...sometimes it is that…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 6, 2019Comment
05APR2019 | DAY 31 | LENT IN B&W
05APR2019 | DAY 31 | LENT IN B&W

Giving a little girl a blank mermaid and everything needed to dress that mermaid countless ways is like the gift of Lent to the faithful...a chance to…

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 5, 2019Comment
04APR2019 | DAY 30 | LENT IN B&W
04APR2019 | DAY 30 | LENT IN B&W

Lent gives us the chance to grab hold of God’s grace and discover what Christ might be desiring to see opened or closed in our lives so that...

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LENT 2019 IN B&WLamar C. OliverApril 4, 2019Comment
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