Lent is a 40 day liturgical season that begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Easter Sunday. Sundays are not included in the 40 day count because every Sunday is a joyful celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. Lent is considered a time of penance and discipline. Here at Pilgrim Lutheran our Lenten goal is to help [...]

Traditionally, the Christian Church has observed the seven weeks before Easter as a time of penitence and spiritual self-examination.
Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, derives its name from the ancient practice of marking the foreheads of worshipers with ashes from the unused palm branches of the previous year. Ashes historically have had a [...]