God Speaks to Pat Robertson

January 5, 2012 By 3 Comments

It’s happening again! God has spoken directly to Pat Robertson, revealing the identity of the next president of the United States. (But, of course, he’s not telling us.) As for me, I believe that God speaks to me – but I understand God’s words in the way my grandson understands Plato or Whitehead, dimly and incompletely.

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Epiphany: Going Home By Another Road

January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A Reflection on Epiphany (January 6, 2012) In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East, came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?  For we observed his star at his rising, and have come to pay [...]

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The Tragic Beauty of Christmas: The Massacre of the Innocents

December 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Just a few days after the celebration of Christmas, the light of Bethlehem is eclipsed and the dark shadows of life return to the stories of young Jesus.  Tucked between Christmas Day and the Feast of Epiphany (January 6), the Massacre of Infants or Slaughter of Innocents is remembered.  In the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and [...]

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