“Becoming a Den for Beloved Dust”
Sermon given by Pastor Robb on March 5, 2025.
Relates to themes from the 3 Cs for Living Faith sermon series and marks Ash Wednesday to begin Lent.
Covers Jeremiah 7:1-11, Isaiah 58:5-8, and selected verses from Psalm 51.
God’s people have often been called to take on ashes and to remember their temporality and frailty in dust. This is not just for individuals, but also for God’s faithful gathered people. As we reflect on how that is relevant in our own lives and times, we can gain insight reflecting on what values and identities God has emphasized to the gathered faithful in times of ash and dust before. As we congregate ourselves, with our resources and practices, how we might especially remember to be a different kind of den, than a den of robbers God has previously called the presumed faithful to repent from?
