“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

On Ash Wednesday, we begin Lent by confronting a truth we often try to avoid: our lives are fragile, our seasons change, and the things we build and hold onto do not last forever. But dust is not the end of our story.

In this Ash Wednesday message, Pastor Zach reflects on the words of Ecclesiastes, the Psalms, Genesis, and the familiar song “Dust in the Wind” to explore what it means to be creatures formed from the earth and filled with the breath of God. We are dust—but we are dust touched by the hands of our Creator. We are fragile, imperfect, and capable of falling short, yet still held by the steadfast love of God.

As we enter the season of Lent, we are invited to remember both our mortality and our hope: out of the ashes comes new life, and through the death and re ...