Epiphany 1 – Year A Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 29 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 Some of the things we do… are things we do in private… to be accountable to ourselves… for example… Matthew 6:5-6 instructs us… that when we pray… we’re not to be like those who wear false masks… and pray on street...
I wish that instead of saying “Happy New Year,” when both hands of the clock point skyward at midnight on December 31; instead of saying “Happy New Year” to each other, we said things like “A New Year Full of Growing Edges,” or “A Formative New Year,” or “A New Year Full of Challenge...
During the first week of April, I attended (for the first time) the National Workshop on Christian Unity (held this year in St. Louis). For over 50 years, the mission of the workshop has been to celebrate the spirit of unity that exists among Christians and search for ways to overcome the divisions that...