Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. In Jeremiah’s day, the work of a prophet was often a life or death matter – it was something you did because you loved God, and you loved…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. If Advent is a season of waiting, and Christmas is a season of pure celebration; if Lent is a season of repentance, then Epiphany is a season of doing. The anticipation and climatic celebration of…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, one of the four times in the church year set aside specifically for baptism, and with it we will baptize Emil John Ostrander and Henry Parks…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Today’s Gospel just has so much going on, it’s hard to know what to pay attention to. King Herod and the Temple authorities in Jerusalem, the Magi journeying from the East, a wild star,…