![]() I find it interesting that the sign of the cross swiped with ashes on Ash Wednesday to mark our mortality and our ending is also the sign that at baptism marks our beginning as followers of Jesus. “What would it look like for Baptists to recover and reclaim the old tradition of making the sign of the cross?” The song includes these lyrics: “You make beautiful things / You make beautiful things out of the dust. With the mention of ashes, another person asked if I had heard “Beautiful Things” by the Christian alternative rock group Gungor. Several traditions that anoint with oil also trace the sign of the cross on the forehead.Īs I reflected on my dream in a social media post, one person suggested that to make the sign of the cross in the Roman Catholic tradition serves as a prayer to the Trinity. And on every Sunday, after the gospel is read, worshippers make the sign of the cross on the head, lips and hearts as a reminder to follow the gospel with one’s whole self. ![]() In the Roman Catholic tradition, the sign of the cross is bestowed upon the foreheads of the faithful at confirmation. Just then my alarm went off, and my lecture was cut short. I then explained to (I assume) my mostly Baptist students that it was the same sign pastors and priests make on babies as they are baptized. ![]() ![]() I was teaching a theology class on making the sign of the cross at the imposition of ashes on the forehead. I usually don’t remember my dreams, but this time I did. The night before Ash Wednesday, I had a dream. ![]()
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