On the Slaughtering of Innocents: A Sermon for Epiphany

God’s grace and peace be with all of you. The Christian festival known as Epiphany takes place twelve days after Christmas. (That’s actually where the “12 days of Christmas” in the song come from.) Technically, today is the 12th day of Christmas and tomorrow is Epiphany, but we decided to mark Epiphany a day early …

Follow the Star, Make the Choice (a sermon for Epiphany)

God’s grace and peace be with all of you. Happy Epiphany! The 12 days of the Christmas season are over, and today is the festival known as Epiphany. On this day we remember the arrival of the last, and most mysterious, witnesses to the birth of Jesus: the magi. We see them in our nativity …