Second Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C, RCL)

My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.

Any conversation about salvation should include both an eschatological aspect and one that is relevant to our lives here and now.

The wedding at Cana is a reminder that Jesus’ kingdom is a miraculous kingdom—a mystical kingdom.

Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.

We drank wine, danced with abandon, and caught a glimpse of grace.

I think the disciples were a bit like detectives.

Miracles can be hard work.

From the wise men to the wedding at Cana, joy comes from recognizing and affirming the good.

At Cana, Jesus asks Mary, "What is this to me and to you?" It is very important that the church hear this question.

We've been hearing for a while now about the "spiritual but not religious." There are all kinds of reasons why people might rather be spiritual than religious.

One is that the church has turned people off with its own mistakes.

From Paul’s letter, we can infer that the Corinthians tended toward the same bias from which many of us suffer: the belief that there is little collective wisdom in the church.

Sometimes when I set out to preach from the Revised Common Lectionary I feel like calling someone from the Consultation on Common Texts to get the scoop on why the group settled on a particular set of pericopes. This week, Isaiah’s marriage metaphor and Jesus’ miraculous transformation of water into wedding wine are an obvious match. The rationale for including 1 Corinthians 12:1-11’s discussion of spiritual gifts is less clear.

Prayer is not something we do first and foremost on our own. We pray with other Christians.