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As you may have noticed, there is now a logo on this page for the “CC blogs” network. CC stands for Christian Century, which has a site of recommended blogs about theology. Recently, they posted a roundup of posts about Ash Wednesday. If you’re interested in more reading about Lent, go to “Ash Wednesday Around the Network<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you may have noticed, there is now a logo on this page for the “CC blogs” network. CC stands for Christian Century, which has a site of recommended blogs about theology. Recently, they posted a roundup of posts about Ash Wednesday. 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