{"id":4545,"date":"2013-02-15T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=4545"},"modified":"2013-02-15T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T13:28:00","slug":"ash-wednesday-marjorie-maddox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2013\/02\/ash-wednesday-marjorie-maddox.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Book: Ash Wednesday by Marjorie Maddox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2013\/02\/marjorie-maddox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4546\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2013\/02\/marjorie-maddox.jpg\" alt=\"marjorie maddox\" width=\"150\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a>Most people know Ash Wednesday as the beginning of Lent, a time of preparation leading up to Easter Sunday. But what does it all mean? Why ashes? What does it say about the human condition? 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