Gifts of Darkness
As a child in the Pacific Northwest, I fell in love with the night sky. Days were often overcast or rainy, but at night, the clouds would part and I could see the canopy of constellations, there to guide ships at sea. My dad would even wake us up to see an eclipse of the […]
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 […]
Healing the Divide
Epiphany – Year A – Matthew 5:38-48 From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus seeks to bring together what has been divided. Not to balance the opposites. Not to teach us to see one another as separate but equal and to encourage us to practice greater tolerance and acceptance. More than tolerance, he wants to […]
We Know What We Know
Epiphany – Year A – Matthew 5:21-37 Jesus reminds us that we already know what we need to know. We already have heard the Ten Commandments and memorized the Golden Rule and know we should put them into practice in our affairs. “But I say to you” … there’s more. The outer practices need to […]
