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Many Episcopal parishes, along with other Christian in other communities, have begun to engage in a practice known as Ashes to Go. The idea is to go out into the world and bring something of the uniqueness of the Gospel to people in their busy lives by administering ashes and some portion of the Ash Wednesday liturgy to people at busy street corners, transit stops, outside Starbucks, and so forth. Here is a piece I wrote for the Anglican-Episcopal blog, Covenant, about the practice<\/a>, where I think through what is at stake and how we would go about determining if this is an example of cheap grace (like crosses worn as a fashion statement), or whether it may be closer to an inspired example of creative evangelism?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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