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A Meditation on Ash Wednesday

February 25th, 2009 | 1 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

Today we celebrate the beginning of the Lenten season.  Ash Wednesday, the most penitential day of the year, ushers in the "bright sadness" (to use Alexander Schmemann's phrase).  Sad because the next six weeks we shall be confronted by our sin--bright because the next six weeks we shall be reminded of the death and resurrection of our Lord.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.