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Dear Glen Morris United Church, 

This week marks the ending of our in depth exploration of the theme “How does a weary world rejoice?” I hope that you have enjoyed a season of worship filled with art, music, poetry, and more that helped us relate our beloved Christmas story with the world we live in today. If you want to take a moment to appreciate the series, I invite you to take a look at the digital option of the daily devotional available here. 

And may I celebrate with you this season of Epiphany we now find ourselves in with this reflection of Diana Butler Bass, from “Epiphany Now”: 

Epiphany is a cracking of the ice underfoot. The frozen world starts giving way to something else — the branches sparkle in the moonlight, a star leads to a barn, the beauty of the deep structure of things is revealed. We begin to wonder: Maybe every baptism announces God’s love. Maybe water always has been wine. Maybe we are all prophets of liberation. Maybe every day’s work holds abundance. The poor and sad and persecuted have always been the blessed. Perhaps we are always dancing on the stars and just don’t notice. Not until an epiphany. It is far more than a day. It isn’t just the “weeks following” Christmas or the Magi visit. This is the season of extraordinary time, the in-breaking of creation’s promise.

May the inbreaking of God’s kingdom be felt and seen in epiphanies of all sizes for God’s love and the peace of Christ is woven into the very design of creation. 

May the peace of Christ be with you this Epiphany season,

 

Yours in Christ, 

Rev Michiko

 

 

Image: Adoration of the Kings; Artist: J. Le Breton (glass studio of Gaudin, Paris), 1933