Imagine: You start having odd symptoms. Your doctor does a scan of your head. There is a tumor. Two treatments are possible: each has very serious risks. How do you decide? That is the situation Rev. Catherine Stewart faced a few years back. The journey that follows is the subject of her new book, A Goodness […]
What’s an Epiphany?
In school when I was a kid we spent a month or so studying some novel. It it, my teacher said, the main character had an “epiphany.” Everyone but me knew the answer to a crucial question: “What’s an epiphany?” What’s an Epiphany? Now I can tell you: it is a moment of revelation. The character in […]
Why We NEED 12 Days of Christmas
The culture has wrestled the “12 Days of Christmas” away from the Church. Let’s take those days back. Honestly, we NEED 12 Days of Christmas. Confusion We all know the phrase because of the song. You know: from the ground-nesting seed-eating bird somehow stuck in a fruit tree, to the extremely large percussion section. We are made even more familiar with the phrase by annual marketing efforts: 12 days […]
St Basil the Great
It is New Year’s Day. Most of us are celebrating with a quiet day off. But there are two holy days today that I’m guessing most of my readers are not giving too much attention to. The first is “The Circumcision of Jesus.” It is the eighth day of Christmas, and the eighth day is […]
Reveling in the Mystery of Christmas
I hope that this finds you reveling in the mystery of Christmas. We are only halfway through the 12 days, so let’s keep at it. Pour yourself a mug of eggnog or mulled wine and think about it: The eternal God has taken human flesh and dwells among us! That is far too big a […]
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