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)”

Hail to the Lord’s anointed (Epiphany day)

“…when they had appeared in Jerusalem to find the Child, Jewish heads would have looked up at the mention of a new light shining out in the heavens, because of such prophecies as we have from Isaiah…”