As Christmas Ends…Epiphany Begins

As Christmas Ends…Epiphany Begins

Today (January 5) is the Twelfth Day of Christmas and tomorrow (January 6) is the Feast of the Epiphany (we will keep it on Sunday). The Epiphany or to give it its alternative name, The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, is the second of the Feasts of Light that...
As Christmas Ends…Epiphany Begins

Marking Time & Holy Days

I suppose I am rather old-fashioned in liking wrist watches, wall calendars, and diaries. A new generation uses its smart phones for telling the time and the date and checking its schedule. But I have several wrist watches and occasionally buy a new one when traveling...
As Christmas Ends…Epiphany Begins

“Ye holy angels bright” & Richard Baxter

As Anglicans and Episcopalians, we tend to think that not a great deal positive happened in English church history during the English Civil War and the period known as the Interregnum between the reigns of the beheaded Charles the First and the monarch of the...
As Christmas Ends…Epiphany Begins

Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart!

In the spirit of yesterday’s holiday, I am deeply aware of the importance of thanksgiving not only as the theme of the favorite national holiday but as an integral part of the Christian life. After all our main act of worship, the Eucharist, simply means thanksgiving:...
As Christmas Ends…Epiphany Begins

Honoring All Who Serve — Past & Present

Tomorrow, November 11 is Veterans Day, a federal holiday, dating back to the First World War. It was originally called Armistice Day to mark the armistice that ended hostilities between the Allies and the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires which was signed...