“From Hoard to Detritus and From Dust to Hope”
Sermon given by Pastor Robb on February 18, 2026.
Part of the Ash Wednesday Service and continuing the Surveying Deep Roots for New Seasons sermon series.
Covers Jeremiah 6 & 7.
God frequently uses the imagery of a refiner’s fire to the people of Israel and Judah in trying to encourage repentance before the exile, and in giving a sense of meaning to the exile and return. Often our experience of ashes is painful, but can also remind us that God moves in our frailty for transformation and thriving. Like the exiles, even our ashes can also become the bricks and mortar of the new salvation life God leads us in rebuilding. May our ashes to ashes and dust to dust that we sit with this year be so meaningful.
