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Beth Felker Jones

Professor, Wheaton College

Beth Felker Jones teaches theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill., where she lives with her husband and four children. She is the author of “Marks of His Wounds: Gender Politics and Bodily Resurrection” and “Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Series.”

Gospel in the dirt

By Beth Felker Jones Professor, Wheaton College

On Ash Wednesday, we can no longer hide the truth about ourselves: that we are God’s creatures, that we are broken, that the spotless and perfect life is a lie, writes Beth Felker Jones.

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