Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C, RCL)

Going into the temple of the Lord would never be taken lightly. Still, Isaiah could not have imagined what was about to happen.

Last fall a friend of mine attended a lecture at the University of Mississippi delivered by Stanley Hauerwas. His talk was followed by an invigorating, hour-long question-and-answer dialogue. My friend reported that afterward he and some students, another minister and several laypeople went to someone’s house and talked about God for another hour or so. How novel.

By Luke 5 Jesus is master not only of the word of God, but also of fish.