Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Last week I was reminded of a short video about leadership: "First Follower: Leadership Lessons from a Dancing Guy". The visual is of a crowd on the lawn at a concert. It is clearly an outdoor ampitheater. The footage is shaky, cellphone stock. And what we see …
Evangelism in 2023
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Reading about John the Baptist and Andrew the Apostle this week certainly sets a tone. It's hard to read this week's gospel and not think about how easy it seems to be for them. Here's the Messiah? OK! And yet many of us shrink at the opportunities we have to …
Epiphany
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Centuries before we celebrated Christmas, the earliest Christians developed a different feast in midwinter. The feast we know as the Epiphany was one of the earliest feasts. And along with Easter and Pentecost, formed a trio of essential worship for the …