Today’s reading describes the Wedding at Cana; the first of Jesus’ seven miracles in the Gospel of John, where Jesus turns water into wine. We correctly use the term miracle, but it is one of those words that has been clouded by many false associations. I prefer the old Armenian word, Nshank, which simply means…
Our church calendar teaches us how to let go and grow. Our services of the hours prepares us for daily rest. Our days of abstinence on Wednesday and Friday make space for weekly Sabbath. The great fasts of our church, Advent and Easter, remind us that we are not machines, to live most fully, we…
As we approach the Christmas birth and revelation of our Lord, our church sacred calendar is very densely populated by saints’ days. Some of these saints are well known; we celebrated James and John, Peter & Paul, Ephrem and Stephen this week. Many of these saints are less know, we celebrated Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Orestes…
[Jesus Christ] is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. (He 1:3) Author Hugh Halter opens his book Flesh: Bringing the Incarnation Down to Earth, with a surprising scene: he’s taking his teen daughter to get her first tattoo. While…
Saints are not born; they are made. Every December, the Armenian Church celebrates the brothers James and John, whom Jesus affectionately called the Sons of Thunder. By looking at the changes James and John underwent in order to find their true identity, and then to live it in very different ways, this presentation will reflect…
Our focus for reflection for all of Advent, in sync with our entire Diocese, has been ‘leaning into hope.’ In doing so, we are seeking to recover something very specific our church believes about hope, which is more than optimism and does not depend on if things are going well today or look good tomorrow.…