A Light shining in the darkness (Sunday II of Christmas)

I thought I’d say something today about the run-up to the Epiphany. There have been in the times of the Bible – and also throughout the history of the Christian church – manifestations of the divine, often to individuals, sometimes to groups of people. A manifestation of the divine is quite literally an epiphany. InContinue reading “A Light shining in the darkness (Sunday II of Christmas)”

Wisdom builds herself a home (Sunday XX of Ordered time)

“See, where Wisdom has built herself a house, carved out for herself those seven pillars of hers! And now, her sacrificial victims slain, her wine mingled, her banquet spread, this way and that her maidens are dispatched, to city keep and city wall, bidding her guests make haste. ‘Simple hearts,’ she says, ‘draw near me;’Continue reading “Wisdom builds herself a home (Sunday XX of Ordered time)”