It’s Tuesday, and normally I would find a modern poet. Instead, I’m going for a puritan. George Herbert wrote this sonnet when he was 16,…
Posted: 31 December 2019
Month: December 2019
Posted: 31 December 2019
Categories: Christianity, Lectionary, music, Theology
Jesus is the light we should live under. If we need to hide what we are doing, it’s generally unwise [1]. Christ says those who…
Posted: 30 December 2019
Categories: Lectionary
Our circumstances, as we age, change. Sometimes rapidly. At the beginning of this month a boatload of tourists went to White Island — it erupted,…
Posted: 29 December 2019
If you do not comprehend that the spirit of any age is driven by the forces fallen from heaven, and that this spirit is jealous,…
Posted: 29 December 2019
Categories: Lectionary
The first duty of a mother to her baby is to care for the babe; to nurture, to feed, and yes, from this comes love….
Posted: 28 December 2019
Categories: Lectionary
We are told that there are angels there protecting the young and innocent in the faith, and those who make them stumble are the ones…
Posted: 27 December 2019
Categories: Lectionary, music
I would put it to you that there are no good Christians. To be a good Christian you would obey the spirit of God and…
Posted: 26 December 2019
Categories: Lectionary, music
The world does not understand the gospel, and it hates what it cannot understand. As if we are God, and have the comprehension that comes…
Posted: 25 December 2019
Categories: Lectionary, music
This day is a time of mass transit, warnings about driving, random alcohol breath checks, and a disavowal by our government and press of the…
Posted: 24 December 2019
Categories: Life
Zechariah and Elisabeth had one child, John, who was (as with Sarai) born in advanced age. For nothing is impossible to God. Part of the…