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Holy innocents
Their wisdom was not wanted by the powers that be, in case it would unseat their certainty of their own anointed state. Warned in a dream, they went home another way, pursued by rumours of mothers kneeling in the ashes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Epiphany, Holy Innocents, Martin Luther King Jr, three kings
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Epiphany wisdom, old and new
The picture that we expect to see is not always the one that is painted by God. Continue reading
Posted in Holy Days, lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged church, Epiphany, evangelism, Incarnation, Jesus, nativity
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Epiphany
A sermon for the Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio, January 2017 Outside of the main city, down through the wilderness, is the lost city of Petra. The intricately carved rock edifices bound deep valleys and lead for miles. Once … Continue reading
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Tagged #HolyJordan, Epiphany, Herod, history, Jesus, wise men
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Magi
Stargazers, seeking signs in the old, cold light of the heavens; startled to find God’s grace reflected instead by the bright tears of a child, if only they will stoop so low to pay him homage.
Epiphany: wise gifts
I wonder whether, in the clumsy and hurried packing of a small family with a small child, fleeing for their lives with the essentials and little more, listening over their shoulders for the alarm, the tramp of boots, the metallic … Continue reading
The Feast of the Epiphany at the Church of the Epiphany
The Feast of the Epiphany at the Church of the Epiphany. The first feast of the Epiphany was the revelation of God’s love to the world through the birth of Jesus Christ, and the proclamation of that birth and its … Continue reading
The Eve of the Epiphany
A side note to tomorrow’s sermon: It is not unimportant that the wise men came from the East. Why not from the West, from Rome or Greece or Gaul? Maybe in part to undermine the wisdom of the empire, but … Continue reading
Year C Epiphany 1: For us, and for our salvation
After Christmas, after Epiphany, we come to the baptism of Jesus. In a way, this story is the culmination and confirmation of everything that has happened up to now. An angel announced his conception. Faithful even before he was born, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptism of Jesus, Baptism of Our Lord, bodily form, Christmas, community, Epiphany, God, Hank Langknecht, Holy Spirit dove, Isaiah
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Epiphany
Epiphany: A lightbulb moment. A parish church. A cake, a tradition. People going down to a snowy river in Russia to renew their baptismal promises in the freezing waters. The other Christmas. Magi, wise men, kings; gold, frankincense, myrrh; Herod … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of the Epiphany Euclid OH, Epiphany, Episcopal Church, God, Herod, Jesus, justice, light, magi, peace, prophecy
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Following
The brightness beckoning, reckoning light years away, in the beginning, there was a star which now calls them from afar to follow, stumbling in the daytime, in the forests, fog-filled valleys, rallying with breathless joy on the mountaintop where all … Continue reading
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Tagged Epiphany, kings, magi, star, three wise men, Year C Epiphany
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