Lent

Seen on Facebook on Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent:

 

Rowan Williams quote for Lent
Rowan Williams is an Anglican scholar, poet, and theologian. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 – 2012.

 

Gotta love an orthodox guy with unruly hair:

 

Seen on Ash Wednesday, a wild-haired Rowan Williams
Me, I’m impressed with any hair… but that’s just me.

 

Parting shot, from Wikipedia:

 

John Shelby Spong once accused Williams of being a “neo-medievalist,” preaching orthodoxy to people in the pew but knowing in private that it is not true.  In an interview with the magazine Third Way, Williams responded:

 

I am genuinely a lot more conservative than he would like me to be. Take the Resurrection: I think he has said that of course I know what all the reputable scholars think on the subject and therefore when I talk about the risen body, I must mean something other than the empty tomb.  But I don’t.  I don’t know how to persuade him, but I really don’t.

 

Happy Lent, y’all!

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