Epiphany Light in the New Year
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Below find a link to my interview with the revered author and preacher Fleming Rutledge in The Christian Century. Whether you are liturgically minded or not, whether or not you observe the Epiphany as a Christian holy day in in your practice, what Fleming says is provocative and ultimately encouraging: “Despite its beauty and depth and glory,” she says, “Epiphany is arguably the least understood and least appreciated of all the seasons.”
And this: “Look at the way that the [Gospel writers] portray Christ’s life. The peaceful nativity scenes are quickly replaced by a story all too relevant to today, as the small child must flee with his parents as refugees from a murderous tyrant. The Son of God is a participant in human distress from the beginning.”
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