At the Peregrine’s Landing Christmas Party, we had bagpipers playing Christmas tunes. One of the pipers had his gear trimmed with a tree banner. Psalm 96.12: let the field exult, and everything in it.Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
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The Journey of Faith from Christ the King to Epiphany
Christ the King Sunday and the weeks that follow are my favorite time in the Christian calendar. I love the way the lectionary moves progressively from the majesty of the Kingdom realized in its blazing fullness at Christ’s Second Coming to its humble beginning in the soft light of the manger. Each liturgical year, weContinue reading “The Journey of Faith from Christ the King to Epiphany”
From the Margin to the Center (a meditative midrash on the nativity stories in the gospels of Matt and Luke)
It all began simply enough: Boy meets girl… girl and boy become engaged. Mary was betrothed to Joseph: betrothal is a covenantal arrangement in which a couple are promised to one another in marriage. As customary in first century Palestine, once the betrothal was settled, Mary left her family and moved into the home ofContinue reading “From the Margin to the Center (a meditative midrash on the nativity stories in the gospels of Matt and Luke)”
Thoughts & Images from the Heart 