First Presbyterian Church Of San Anselmo

Psalm 51 takes our lives seriously – the whole of our lives – in all of their complexity.  It acknowledges plainly for us:  The harm we do in the world is real, and so is the hurt that we know in our bodies and our lives – in bones that have been crushed, and hearts that have been broken.  On Ash Wednesday, we say these try things and lean into this truth: In the love and mercy we find in Jesus Christ, "Always, we begin again."