We drove home on Epiphany. Many people seem to have no awareness of Epiphany. The revelation to the gentiles (that’s us) as signaled in the visit of the Wise Men (Matthew Chapter 2) is typically compressed chronologically and clumped together … Continue reading Second Sunday in January ~ Epiphany
Today is Trinity Sunday, a special day in the church calendar, that follows the giving of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, and focuses on the doctrine of the Triune nature of God. At church we sang one of my favorite … Continue reading Trinitarian Prayer
It started with a solitary shining crimson leaf a few weeks ago. It caught The Daughter’s eye one morning as she gazed out the window. One leaf, a rich, vibrant red against the lush verdant green of all the other leaves on … Continue reading We can catch fire
Today is the Celebration of the Annunciation! Christ in the womb is generally not-spoken-of in protestant Christianity. Christ is born, Christ teaches, Christ dies, all in a year. I don’t remember when I first became aware of the Celebration of the Annunciation. I don’t know how many times I had absent-mindedly admired beautiful paintings and stained glass windows depicting the otherworldly Angelic visitation at Christmas and missed the timing. I don’t know how many times I had heard beautifully crafted musical expressions of Gabriel’s announcement (Missus est Gabriel angelus) and Mary’s response (Magnificat), even sung them in the midst of a December … Continue reading Death and Conception in Man is One
To turn a page, read a text, and suddenly hear a song is one of the greatest joys bestowed by a life of choral singing. It happens all the time with Bible study. A Scripture or a psalm text begins … Continue reading At the round earth’s imagined corners
“Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe! At Your word night falls. In Your wisdom You open heaven’s gates, You control the elements and rotate the seasons. You set the stars in the vault of … Continue reading Praying with the Talmud: At Your Word, Night Falls
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