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 …