From The Man of La Mancha:
…to try when your arms are too weary
to reach the unreachable star.
This is my quest,
to follow that star…
And I’ll always dream
the impossible dream…
We people of faith follow the Epiphany Star, the Morning Star, “the unreachable star.” We people of faith believe in “the impossible dream” of God’s will being done by us on earth as it is in heaven. Though we often fall short, I hope that our reach continues to exceed our group (George Bernard Show).
Readings – Isaiah 25: 6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21: 1-6a, John 11: 32-44 How many have ever visited Hyner View? You go to Lock Haven, past the University, and west on Route 116, and turn off just a bit before Renovo. There is Hyner View State Park, and to get to the summit you go…
Readings – Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-2,8-18; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56 From the Penitential Order found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, p, 351: Jesus said, “The first commandment is this: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is the only Lord. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all…
Readings: I Samuel 17: 1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49; Psalm 9: 9-20; II Corinthians 6: 1-13; Mark 4: 35-41 To honor my father, I thought I would bring along some of his tools. They also help us focus on the readings for today. I have a hammer, a saw, a screwdriver, and a level. First, the…
Wednesday Morning Bible Study Summer 2019 The Book of Job Guided by Bruce Johnson This summer the Wednesday Morning Bible Study Group will be reading and discussing some of the poems found in the Old Testament Book of Job. In these poems, some of the great mysteries of our faith tradition are explored. The…
The disciples, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, wanted the power positions in the kingdom of God when Jesus would reign. They wanted to sit, one on his right and one of his left. And all the other disciples were angry, James and John were the first to ask what they all wanted to…
Readings—Exodus 24:12-18; Psalm 99; II Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 On this last Sunday after the Epiphany, the season that celebrates the infant of light coming into the world in a stable in Bethlehem, we conclude with the Gospel according to St. Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration. On a mountaintop, Jesus shone brilliantly, accompanied by Peter,…