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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.


25FEB2021 | DAY 09 | LENT IN B&W
25FEB2021 | DAY 09 | LENT IN B&W

It’s a piece of technology that has been around for decades, a tool that we do not even give a second thought, but yet…

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar OliverFebruary 25, 2021
24FEB2021 | DAY 08 | LENT IN B&W
24FEB2021 | DAY 08 | LENT IN B&W

…[I]t can be hard to hit the shift key and do the other typing you need to while the shift key is depressed...yet we find a way to get the shift necessary to complete the task ahead of us...Lent is a season where we…

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar OliverFebruary 24, 2021
23FEB2021 | DAY 07 | LENT IN B&W
23FEB2021 | DAY 07 | LENT IN B&W

While posting a mask pic may be picking low-hanging fruit in 2021, Lent does provide us a season set…

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar OliverFebruary 23, 2021
22FEB2021 | DAY 06 | LENT IN B&W
22FEB2021 | DAY 06 | LENT IN B&W

...[A]n unrelenting realization that but for the grace of God ours is simply a life of many different things that on their own may be busy but wind up accomplishing nothing...

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar OliverFebruary 22, 2021
20FEB2021 | DAY 04 | LENT IN B&W
20FEB2021 | DAY 04 | LENT IN B&W

Pretty much every car produced today requires the key fob in order to operate…through the season of Lent we…

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar OliverFebruary 20, 2021
19FEB2021 | DAY 03 | LENT IN B&W
19FEB2021 | DAY 03 | LENT IN B&W

With all the talk of power outages this week, as we see this light bulb glowing bright, let us…

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar OliverFebruary 19, 2021
18FEB2021 | DAY 02 | LENT IN B&W
18FEB2021 | DAY 02 | LENT IN B&W

then the days after come, the snow gets disturbed…the messy aftermath ensues…Lent is a season where we examine that which is disturbed in our souls and reminds us that we navigate life only by the grace of God in Christ…

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar OliverFebruary 18, 2021
17FEB2021 | DAY 01 | LENT IN B&W
17FEB2021 | DAY 01 | LENT IN B&W

…what beauty is waiting to be formed on and in us as we live into the Lenten environment?

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LENT 2021 IN B&WLamar C. OliverFebruary 17, 2021Comment
11MAR2020 | DAY 15 | LENT IN B&W
11MAR2020 | DAY 15 | LENT IN B&W

…Through the disciplines of the Lenten season, we are able to examine the dimples that help make our spirits soar as God intends, cleaning and arranging them…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 11, 2020Comment
10MAR2020 | DAY 14 | LENT IN B&W
10MAR2020 | DAY 14 | LENT IN B&W

So often, wars are started, relationships destroyed, families ripped apart, churches fractured, and lots more destruction enters ours lives because we are blinded into…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 10, 2020Comment
09MAR2020 | DAY 13 | LENT IN B&W
09MAR2020 | DAY 13 | LENT IN B&W

So often, wars are started, relationships destroyed, families ripped apart, churches fractured, and lots more destruction enters ours lives because we are blinded into…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 9, 2020Comment
08MAR2020 | DAY 12 | LENT IN B&W
08MAR2020 | DAY 12 | LENT IN B&W

Lent is a season of purification; a filtering, if you will, of the soul...much like the discharge of an aquarium’s filter making its way back into the tank, a life filtered…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 8, 2020Comment
07MAR2020 | DAY 11 | LENT IN B&W
07MAR2020 | DAY 11 | LENT IN B&W

A photo changes completely when there is a little light flashed at the time of exposure...through Lent, may we be faithful enough to…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 7, 2020Comment
06MAR2020 | DAY 10 | LENT IN B&W
06MAR2020 | DAY 10 | LENT IN B&W

In order for a remote to change something, the remote must have a power source...Lent gives us the opportunity to discover…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 6, 2020Comment
05MAR2020 | DAY 09 | LENT IN B&W
05MAR2020 | DAY 09 | LENT IN B&W

Sometimes, it takes more than wipers and wiper fluid to clean the bugs off the windshield…Lent gives us a time to acknowledge…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 5, 2020Comment
04MAR2020 | DAY 08 | LENT IN B&W
04MAR2020 | DAY 08 | LENT IN B&W

One can be amazed by all that has to stay connected in order to have things go as planned…through Lent, we are…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 4, 2020Comment
03MAR2020 | DAY 07 | LENT IN B&W
03MAR2020 | DAY 07 | LENT IN B&W

The road-weary parent will never forget the gratitude for knowing someone thought enough to prepare a …

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 3, 2020Comment
02MAR2020 | DAY 06 | LENT IN B&W
02MAR2020 | DAY 06 | LENT IN B&W

The small, simple holes of a salt shaker are used to bring flavor to our food, unless, of course, they become clogged...through the season of Lent, we are given a sacred time to…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 2, 2020Comment
01MAR2020 | DAY 05 | LENT IN B&W
01MAR2020 | DAY 05 | LENT IN B&W

…[A] chance to see some color in the midst of the shadows of the season...the resplendent color of the Sunday gives us…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverMarch 1, 2020Comment
29FEB2020 | DAY 04 | LENT IN B&W
29FEB2020 | DAY 04 | LENT IN B&W

A syringe helps a parent provide the proper amount of medicine for a child when they are ill...through Lent, we are given a season to take proper…

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LENT 2020 IN B&WLamar C. OliverFebruary 29, 2020Comment
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