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The Three Wise Guys (Eating Scripture)
Eating Scripture took a holiday to fast for a few weeks, but returns today with a serious hunger, eager to devour Epiphany! In Epiphany, we are challenged by the fact that what the holiday is intending to deal with is nothing like what people feel on that day. It began as a celebration of Jesus’s…
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How the Grinch Stole this Christmas
or Guns, Grinch, and Faith My wife loves that her two favorite Christmas specials are also our daughter’s. She loves A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and it isn’t really Christmas until we’ve watched them both. And now, watched them at least a half dozen times each. A few weeks ago,…
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Winnowing Forks (Eating Scripture)
Continuing our Advent and Apocalypse theme, we have more from John the Baptizer. Repent, change, because the big guy’s coming up behind me! Notice, too, the season, the demand for fairness. Just the kind of gospel for the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Eating Scripture is a short video series in which we explore the juicy and…
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Celebrating Fools
Today is Epiphany. It is one of those church holidays that has morphed over time to become what is known in some parts as “Three Kings Day”. Originally something else, it is now the day we honor the “Wise Men” or “Three Kings”. Unfortunately, we celebrate without the hint of irony that comes with getting…
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On the 12th Day of Christmas
I love vigilantly keeping the Christmas decorations up through Christmas. Take a look at what we did for the kids at my tumblr page. My wife did the fireplace and I did the logs and fire. We also had a great time counting down the days! Tonight the Wise Guys show up. What do you…
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
My friend Penny brings new light to Christmas through a discovery of a missing verse from the classic hymn: “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”. I’ve always loved this evocative hymn, with its angels and their unfurled wings coming to us through a mysterious door from heaven to bring God’s news to us in splendid…
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Fixing What We Got Wrong
My mentor during seminary, The Rev. Darren Elin once remarked that we get our two biggest holidays backwards: we celebrate Christmas the night before and Easter the morning after when it should be the other way around. Boy was he right. This is my first Christmas in 5 years in which I wasn’t one of…