Anyone who has undertaken a new way of life knows how challenging it is to leave behind old ways of thinking. Living out the resurrection requires such a transformation.

Christ’s resurrection shows us that we no longer have to live under the dominion of fear.

When he looked out over the crowds that day in Jerusalem, Jesus saw a humanity worth dying for.

We might not embody new life with such Christ-like perfection that we can raise the dead, but we can reveal the new creation in other ways.

John wrote this Gospel to show how easy it is for any of us to lose sight of Jesus, even when he works openly.

This is a challenge to every Christian who receives ashes today: Do the ashes reveal an inward desire to follow Christ?