Come Home & Pull Up A Chair

Ash Wednesday: A son squanders everything, hits rock bottom, and returns home expecting to be a servant. Instead, his father runs to meet him and throws a feast. This is what repentance looks like—coming home to discover God has been waiting with a party. On Ash Wednesday we receive ashes (admitting we are dust, we've wasted our inheritance) and the invitation (there's still a seat at the table, the Father is still running toward us). Lent begins with the surprising grace of a feast for sinners.