Mixing Glitter with Ashes is a PAGAN-IS-TIC ACT?  Sacrilegious!

Ash Wednesday’s eponymous ashes will come in two varieties this year: traditional gray or purple glitter.

Yes — purple glitter.

Part of the nationwide “Glitter Ash Wednesday” movement, the ashes with the added sparkle are a visible way for people to show their “solidarity with the LGBTQ community,” said Rev. Jen Hibben, pastor of thrive United Methodist Church in West Des Moines. MORE