Roxanne Stone and Emily McFarlan Miller

Roxanne Stone is the managing editor for Religion News Service (RNS). Emily McFarlan Miller is a national reporter for RNS based in Chicago. She covers evangelical and mainline Protestant Christianity.

Hearts and Ashes: 10 Ways To Celebrate Ash Wednesday on Valentine’s Day

When Ash Wednesday—the first day of the Christian season of penance—falls on Valentine's Day (or is it the other way around?), it's a curious marriage of holidays most sorrowful and saccharine.

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