Ashes-on-the-Go
This will be the tenth year I have been providing Ashes-on-the-Go in Elmwood Park near the entrance to UNO. I thought it would be a right and good thing to share my thoughts on this practice with my All Saints Church family. Fr. Keith and Archdeacon Betsy First, a note on what Ashes-on-the-Go is not—it is not an attempt to replace the regular Ash Wednesday liturgy and Eucharist that we have at church. We offer four services throughout the day, 7 AM, 12:10, 5 and 7 PM. Committed church-goers should be attending one of those, worshipping in community and supporting each other. As Scott Gunn, director of Forward Movement , says, Ashes -on-the-Go “is for seekers and, perhaps, wayward Christians. It’s really an invitation…to realize that all that glitters is not our salvation…[It] doesn't short-circuit the practice of committed Christians, but rather expands the circle to include borderline practitioners and seekers.” I can tell you stories of encounters over the years: The fr...