It feels a bit odd to write an Epiphany article in the week before Christmas Eve (shrug), but there are deadlines. But even in the final days prior to Christmas, it’s important to explain why “Jesus born in Bethlehem” is a means to fulfill scripture. Bethlehem literally means “house of bread,” and it is...
Sunday after Sunday , we come together to hear the Word of God, to pray together, to express the joys, sorrow, and hope in our hearts through the words and music of hymns, and to share Communion at God’s Table (at which all are invited). For many...
Early one sultry Saturday morning in August, when I was ten years old, my mom and dad packed up my brother and me in the car, and we set off from our home in River Edge, NJ for Lake Hopatcong, which sits about forty miles west of River Edge, mostly along and a little...
Every ending has a new beginning. Sometimes we can hardly wait for something to end; and at other times, we hold on to it, resisting change and longing for the good old days. Sometimes we truly appreciate what we had but are ready to move on; and sometimes we place only a little value...
We started losing light on June 21 (the Summer Solstice) as we began moving towards December 21 (the Winter Solstice). Fewer hours of daylight will make it seem as though we have less time to do things, to accomplish what we must. Some of us will turn, in this time of shortened daylight, from...