1st Epiphany Matthew 2: 1-12 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea—during the time of King Herod—behold: wise priest-kings from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the one born here King of the Jews? We have seen his star rise in the east and have come to worship him.” When King Herod […]
Last week many of us attended The Shepherd’s Play. The play is of course the story of the shepherds hearing the good news from the angel and finding Jesus in a manger. But it is also the story of Mary who journeys with Joseph to give birth to the Christ child. And I was struck again […]
‘Peace on earth’ is not something which we can wish for or demand from others, but it is something which we, as developing sons of God, should creatively produce in the world. Where there are real Christians, there is ‘peace on earth’ around them. If individual Christians come together, these small islands unite into larger islands. The […]
As I was walking to church the other morning, I realized the old adage, “There is no such thing as cold weather, only poor clothing.” Because even though my journey was snowy and a freezing -6, my coat was long and thick, my hat was made of fur, my gloves were warm. Just like my walk, […]
Some weeks ago there was yet another mass shooting. Robert Bowers murdered 11 souls at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. He was then found and taken to the hospital. And as Robert was being wheeled into the emergency room, he yelled ‘death to all Jews’. The nurse caring for him felt those words painfully […]
Just as the sun was rising the other morning, I stepped out onto our deck here at the church to fill my lungs with fresh air. The previous last couple of days, I had been watching the trees in the back of the church-so beautifully golden and ready to loose their leaves. I had thought that because […]
Only those who pass through the school of suffering can absorb the divine spark into their soul, the spark which will be sealed in them as the seed of a new cosmos… Neither does the inner light spring simply from suffering well borne. A new motif emerges which has been taken up and treasured through the whole history of Christendom: “The blood of Christ makes man pure and bright.” […]
The sun shining above us can be experienced in vastly different ways. One of them is the sun in its majestic and cosmic quality – it’s light so bright it is impossible to look at it. Its power so strong nothing can withstand it. On the other side we experience the sun as the blessed light of […]
To Burn Brightly In our gospel this week (Rev 12), we see the woman clothed with the Sun. The woman clothed with the sun is a picture of our true humanity. This is an image of what all human souls are called to become. With the warmth and light of Christ permeating our soul, we are all […]
The trees around here are so beautiful in fall. They have put on color, they have clothed themselves in the garments of red, yellow, orange, rust. And this garment of color, this clothing of beauty is put on just as we enter the coldest and darkest time of year. And as we too enter more and […]
