Lessons & Carols – Dec. 16 at Festival Church, 6pm
The Gift
Today we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany: the mystery of God’s revelation in the form of the Christ child. The ancient story foretold in the Hebrew Scriptures and told anew in the gospel of Matthew (2:1-12) has been sung throughout the ages, portrayed in numerous works of art, and reenacted in many a school play […]
Song of Revolution
Advent is a time of waiting in some new way for Christmas. It’s difficult because so many traditions promote old ways. Some of them literally come out of storage boxes: the family nativity scene, tree ornaments and Grandmother’s recipes. It can be difficult to live into this season of possibility. Yet, I want to. I […]
At Home Among the Animals – Dec. 7, 2018
“In the fullness of time, the Christmas story says, a girl gave birth ringed by animals. She lay the baby in one of their feeding troughs, where animal bodies would warm the air around his fresh-born human body. Mother and child fell asleep and woke to their chuffs and shuffling hooves, their calls and the […]
