This morning’s Scripture lesson offers the Bible’s only account of Jesus as a growing boy. On the cusp of becoming a teen-ager, Jesus and his family are back in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, and Mary and Joseph experience every parent’s worst nightmare – they lose track of Jesus and spend a frantic couple ofContinue reading “Treasuring and Pondering”
Tag Archives: Epiphany
A New Broom Sweeps Clean
What I’m about to share with you will make a finicky housekeeper cringe. Our living room and foyer still harbor pockets of Christmas mess: Small piles of gifts and stocking-stuffers sorted neatly by recipient; cardboard and packaging destined for recycling; a cast-aside instruction manual sternly forbidding “use of this appliance in a bathtub or otherContinue reading “A New Broom Sweeps Clean”
A Letter from Bethlehem
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 its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this,Continue reading “A Letter from Bethlehem”
A Different Road
So often have we heard the Christmastime story about the coming of the Wise Men – and sung the time-honored carols about their intrepid following of a yonder star – that some of us probably can quote by heart the details of their bold voyage across field and fountain, moor and mountain. But what weContinue reading “A Different Road”
Time to Flip the Switch
President Eisenhower was sitting his first term in the Oval Office when my Grandpa Fielder meandered out to his backyard workshop with a special building project on his heart and mind. Recently retired from a long career as a papermaker for Kimberly Clark, he relied on carpentry to fill his days with renewed purpose andContinue reading “Time to Flip the Switch”