Light in the Darkness
Dear readers, in this penultimate daily devotional, we close our Epiphanytide season. We also step through a major liminal threshold as we pass from the Advent/Incarnation/Epiphany focus of our Christian liturgical calendar to the Lent/Easter/Pentecost focus. Both...
Waffles or Apples for All!
Happy Last Sunday of Epiphany ya’ll! Seriously, that’s the official prayer book designation for today! By tradition we close Epiphanytide with the greatest Epiphanic moment of Jesus’ ministry short of the cross and empty tomb, His Transfiguration!! But since we’ve...
Absalom
It has been my honor to introduce you to many varied Christian personages throughout these reflections and devotionals, many you already know at least by reputation. It is my honor to introduce you to our last saint, one you may not know, but one of our most...
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Late last year I saw a friend in the Homestead Court Club weight room. As he was leaving I said casually, “Take care. See you back soon!” His reply? “No, not in here for awhile!” Curious, I asked him why. His answer fascinated me. He explained he was initiating...
Affirmation
Part of my Rule of Life is to be in several accountability relationships, usually with older and wiser men who gift me with weekly time and attention to review significant life developments. They help me better understand, absorb and respond to every manner of...
While You Were Quarantining Part Three Part Two
All Saints enjoys some spectacular hymnody! Two of my favorites are I Sing a Song of the Saints of God and For All the Saints. Lesbia Lesley Scott (1898-1986) penned Sing to entertain and teach her three young children more about All Saints Day. Evidently it...
While You Were Quarantining Part Three Part One
I’d like to close our liturgical calendar circle by re-visiting the final significant holidays of the Christian year we missed previously. Come fall harvest time, as agricultural societies the world over frantically harvest their crops and autumnal leaves adorn...
