The Collect for the Second Sunday after Epiphany (The Book of Common Prayer)
Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
One of my favorite hymns of this season… Helping us prepare to not only relive the first coming of Jesus Christ, but live- in advance- his second coming. We do this weird kind of “remembering the future” thing in the Eucharistic Liturgy of the Church when we “remember” that “Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.” It’s a strange juxtaposition of our past, present, and future, but it’s all captured in this hymn.
-JB
The Christmas that Christianity offers is anything but cute, sentimental, or trite. The birth of Jesus Christ hails a new moment in the story God is writing in our world. This gives us comfort because, let’s be honest, we don’t need a “cute Christmas,” we need a Christmas that touches the darkest moments in our lives.
-JB
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to shut things down this past Spring, many of my scheduled events were canceled or moved online and, as a result, I recorded a lot of videos of songs I would have performed in person. I’ve been meaning to add them all here, at the website, and finally got around to doing it!
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to shut things down this past Spring, many of my scheduled events were canceled or moved online and, as a result, I recorded a lot of videos of songs I would have performed in person. I’ve been meaning to add them all here, at the website, and finally got around to doing it!
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to shut things down this past Spring, many of my scheduled events were canceled or moved online and, as a result, I recorded a lot of videos of songs I would have performed in person. I’ve been meaning to add them all here, at the website, and finally got around to doing it!
