Simeon: On Advent, Hope and Waiting

Simeon: On Advent, Hope and Waiting

Artwork: Simeon the Righteous,by Aleksey Yegorov, 1830-40s. Almost the day after Halloween, Christmas themed displays began to appear in our city. What is wrong with this picture? We are a culture that does not know how to wait. The proverbial “are we there...
Can These Dry Bones Live Again?

Can These Dry Bones Live Again?

Lutherbibel 1534, Illustration zu Ezechiel 37 (Source: Vanderbilt University lectionary) Easter Sunday is Resurrection Day in the western Christian calendar. There is another remarkable resurrection story that occurred hundreds of years before the resurrection of...