Foxes vs. Hens

Lent 2, Year C

If we get nothing else from this Gospel lesson, it's that the arms of Jesus are big enough to welcome us in and give us a place to be revived and refreshed and renewed. How's that for a message for Lent.

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And if you need to see the commercial I reference at the beginning...

Listening for the Voice of God

Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C


Epiphany begins and ends with the Voice of God speaking to anyone who will listen. As we transition to Lent (and in the life of Christ Church), how will we listen and respond to that voice?

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Two images to think about, too.

The Baptism of Jesus

An icon of the Transfiguration of Jesus

The Baptismal Font is a diving board

The Baptism of Our Lord

Jesus' baptism was the launch of his ministry; and it is the launch of our ministries as well. That's why we stand together when we make our Baptismal Covenant.

And we Baptize infants and children in the Episcopal church because we believe that they have a vital ministry with us and that they have as much to teach as we have to teach them. We also believe that it is our job to help them swim in those Baptismal waters their whole life and our lives as well!

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