A Christmas cookie exchange is a holiday season get-together, sometimes called a “cookie swap.” Each guest brings a different type of homemade cookies to swap with each other. It’s a holiday tradition that dates back at least to the 1930s. Bake a couple batches of one kind of cookie, bring them to the cookie exchange,…
Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn days of the church year. Ash Wednesday is a reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God and marks the beginning of the penitential Lenten season. Worshipers will have the opportunity to receive ashes on their foreheads as a sign of penitence and baptismal remembrance.…