By Brian Jack - First Lutheran Church

In my tradition (and perhaps yours) we were recently reminded of God’s promise “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return” (Gen. 3:19) and had our foreheads marked with ashes in the shape of a cross. Even if that’s not your tradition, there are no shortage of these kinds of reminders in life as our bodies age. We’re all too aware that even those we would call young sometimes get sudden reminders of their mortality.