{"id":7113,"date":"2015-02-18T18:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T00:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=7113"},"modified":"2015-02-19T03:59:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T09:59:32","slug":"video-ash-and-dash-hits-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-ash-and-dash-hits-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: &#8220;Ash and dash&#8221; hits Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Abigail Hodgson<\/p>\n<p>One Chicago parish is taking Ash Wednesday outside church walls and onto the streets of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>For people too busy to attend an Ash Wednesday service, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanvillagechurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Village Church<\/a> volunteers positioned around\u00a0the city &#8211; from CTA stations\u00a0to popular lunch\u00a0stops &#8211; spreading ashes on foreheads in a visible cross accompanied by the words &#8220;Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/120003705\/settings\/embed<\/p>\n<p>Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a season lasting six weeks and ending on Palm Sunday. It is a time for Christians to prepare for Easter by sacrifice, repentance and fasting.<\/p>\n<p>Those who participated in &#8220;Ash and dash&#8221;, or a traditional Ash Wednesday service, are letting everyone know through social media by using the hastag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ashtag&amp;src=typd&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">#ashtag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Urban Village Church volunteers share ashes on foreheads outside Shake Shack Wednesday, Feb. 18. (Abigail Hodgson\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abigail Hodgson One Chicago parish is taking Ash Wednesday outside church walls and onto the streets of Chicago. 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