Coming in for a landing!
Today is Epiphany - the day we celebrate the coming of the Wise Men to visit Jesus. It rarely falls on a Sunday, which made today, for my liturgical heart, especially joyous. And it is a day we celebrate light in this world - light blazing into the darkness. It was also a day of literal light - I had sunglasses on most of the time I was outside, enjoying a slow wander along a pathway with my husband. The geese were in plentiful supply! The widgeon I had gone looking for were swimming out quite a ways from shore...another day, for them. There were mallards, pintails, and buffleheads, and a white pelican soared overhead. In the midst of all this, I took photos, knowing I can take them home, put them on my very large computer screen, and see much better what it was I was looking at! (My husband had the foresight to purchase a large screen for me a year or so ago - and I am thankful!)
The cross at the top of these photos deserves special note. It was made by an instructor I had at Claremont School of Theology. He had the most generous, most giving heart. While I was still pastoring, I asked him to make this cross for the church I served, as we had rotated the direction we sat, and the chancel cross would no longer fit. Since that time, a new sanctuary has been built, the old chancel cross restored to its central place, and this cross installed in the prayer chapel. I think Don would have like that. He called this an ecumenical crucifix. I doesn't have the form of Christ on it, but with the curved arms and feet, it has a very human feel, almost as if it is embracing you. For me, it is always a reminder of light in this world.
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