God-with-us has been revealed . . . now we have to go home a different way. The themes of light, revelation, and wonder have come up over and over again in our gospel readings and feasts during this season of Epiphanytide, or Ordinary Time, between Christmastide and the start of Lent. Again and again, Jesus is revealed to various audiences.

The Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Mafa, Cameroon, 1973 Dear friends, I’m not sure I have ever gotten a response quite like I did to Sunday’s sermon on meekness (you can listen here  if the snow kept you away!). I’ve already heard about several after-church meals where people wrestled together with the challenge of meekness. And I’ve received nearly a dozen thoughtful texts and emails. I am so heartened and humbled by this response. You are asking the kinds of questions I want us

Mountain Village in Winter, Tatsuo Kawashima, Japan (2016). The main image from Sunday's Zoom service. Dear friends, The season of Epiphany reminds us again and again that God’s light shines in the darkness, and the darkness will not overcome it. But the light of God’s inbreaking revelation often seems minuscule — stars, prophecies, babies, candles — compared to the surrounding gloom. Rather than eliminating the darkness, God’s light pierces it and guides our steps through it

Our intrepid hikers braving the cold! Dear Incarnation, Happy belated Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, friends! I loved seeing the photos from the urban hike that some members of our church took around the tidal basin and the MLK memorial. Some of you know that I share a birthday with Dr. King. Growing up, my parents often encouraged me to honor this coincidence by living in a way congruent with King’s legacy. (Conversely, my son shares a birthday with Snoop Dogg, and I sincerel