Month: January 2016

The waters of some pretty big jugs, about 180 gallons worth “were made wine” (KJV); the waters “became” wine (RSV). And this Bible word for “made” and “became”  also means...

We celebrated the 90th birthday of Charles Hoenke at Zion a while back.  His family had an open house for him with a big birthday cake.  The cake featured the U.S. Marine Corps Seal.  If you do not know what it is, it is the...

It would seem to be a crucial point to make in reflecting on the relationship of the church to the world. Certainly God is present everywhere. In a sense, Christ is to be found among the nations of the world before any...

Epiphany is the time we see God’s glory shining in the face of Christ and we begin to see the authority that Jesus has – we read lessons where Paul has words falling all over themselves to try and express who Jesus...

Epiphany is the time we think about God “shining forth” in the face of His Son Jesus in whom everything fits together and for whom everything exists.  The coming of the Magi tells us that the Gentiles would come to...