Bible stories about ash
This prophet had a whale of a time trying to understand why God forgave the Ninevahites after their king sat on ashes as a kind of prayer of repentence.
Who is Jonah?
This is what we burn to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday
What are palm branches?
When God made human beings, God said they were this.
This Old Testament figure, married to Sarah, admitted to God that he was only dust and ashes.
Who is Abraham?
What is a cross?
This word, which sounds like what you have to do when you want to put a second coat of paint on something, actually means to turn around.
what is repent?
Burlap is another name for this kind of cloth that was often worn in biblical times along with ashes when people wanted to repent.
What is the forehead?
This couple, the first humans, were also the first to hear God say, “You are dust and to dust you shall return.”
who are Adam and Eve?
This prophet, who might have been nicknamed Izzy, said that God would turn Israel’s ashes into beauty.
Who is Isaiah?
what is silence?
This is who mortals, (creatures), are called to trust for their life.
who is God?
He sat in an ash heap after everything he owned was taken away from him.
Who is Job?
The number of days in the Lenten season that follows Ash Wednesday.
What is 40?
This word, which rhymes with moly-ness, is what God wants us to grow in.
what is holiness?