Great Lent in our tradition has always been a reminder that the battle for good, truth and love rages on in a world which opposes all these things.  The first Lent was a battle; Jesus’ 40-day fight against the evil one before his world altering ministry for good.  Every Lent also begins with a battle…

We always talk about being enlightened in our faith, that the more we know about God, our faith and our church, the closer we are to Him.  That works for a little while, but Jesus most often pushes us in the exact opposite direction.  He tended to endarken people to faith much more than enlighten…

A life well lived is filling in the blanks in the course of our lives, in joy and in sorrow, until who we are, where we came from and what we are here for, is revealed to us and all those we love well. 

This weekend our church remembers the day when Mary and Joseph named their child Jesus.  We commonly say that this feast of naming happens eight days after Christmas, but that is an anachronism.  In our church, the naming of Jesus is Christmas just as much as his birth and his baptism, they are all part…