https://joelssermons.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/20150531sermon.mp3
Text: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
Advent. Christmas. Epiphany. Lent. Easter. Eastertide. Pentecost.
These are the seasons of the liturgical year.
It begins in early December, or late November, depending on the year. It begins in expectation, we are waiting, we are hopeful. A woman is pregnant, the whole world is pregnant, we are pregnant, expecting birth. And then, What child is this? Who is this stupendous stranger? who enters the world in such a humble setting. According to his mother, who knows best, he will bring down the powerful from their thrones and lift up the lowly. Magnificat! This Epiphany, this light is not just a local event, but is for all people, even those pagan astrologers who sense the cosmic signs, and come for a closer look, bearing gifts. Jesus is baptized, preaches good news to the poor, heals the sick, hangs with outcasts, confounds the educated with earthy parables. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it, but the darkness did not comprehend it. The light enters the wilderness of Lent, calls for a whole new way of thinking, new neurological pathways so that we can see and hear what’s really...