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  • Fully-Filled Epiphany – 3C

    Luke 4:14-21 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the…

  • “L’chai-im! – more wine!” – Epiphany2 C

    John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what…

  • Paper, rock, scissors: water, Spirit, fire – Baptism of Jesus C

    Luke 3:15-22 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of…

  • Disturbing Tourists – Epiphany Year C

    Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod…

  • Learning from our children – Christmas 1C

    Luke 2:41-52 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming…

  • I think to myself, “What a wonderful Word” – Christmas Eve/Day

    So how does word become flesh? And if that is at all possible, how does one such enfleshment change anything amongst so many people on the planet? One would have to begin with words that can create something. Words like ‘You are special’, ‘I love you unconditionally’, ‘I want to be with you and share…

  • Incarnation is an inside job. Advent 4C

    Allow me a quick recap of the map that we have been following through these weeks of Advent. Week one: the outer chaos of external events such as the destruction of the temple, and their modern day equivalents in multiple contexts around the world lead one to “lift up your eyes for our redemption is…