A New Mail Scam to Watch For – Epiphany News August 14 – 23
This week I got an official looking letter at church addressed to me personally. In it, someone claiming to be an attorney from Canada told me a person with my last name had died and there was a $13,600,000 unclaimed life insurance policy that we could split (after giving 10 percent to charity!) if I […]
Water, Wind, Waves – Epiphany News August 7 – 16
My family spent time this summer on the north shore of Lake Huron, where we went sailing. I was thrilled to be out in a Sunfish — a small sailboat — for the first time in 25, maybe 30 years. Even more fun: how much of the technique came back to me once I was […]
Into August at Epiphany – Epiphany News July 31 – August 9
Summers seem to go by more quickly than we expect. We aren’t quite at the end of this summer, but as we move into August this weekend, we are beginning to see it up ahead. As we move toward fall, here are a couple of things to put on your calendar. First, don’t worry about […]
Chronic
My shoulders ache today and I don’t know why. Yesterday it was my lower back. Several years ago, I had a headache that lasted for three months. I have chronic, mostly unexplained, pain and have for years. Worse, my chronic pain has a companion: shame. I go to doctors. I talk to AI about it […]
Vacation Bible School Photos and Fun! – Epiphany News July 24 – August 2
This week, Epiphany is a jungle! Rebekah Ng and our children’s ministry team of more than 20 volunteers have turned our church into Rainforest Falls. We have been teaching nearly 30 kids about just who God is. He is our creator. He knows everything. He is our safe space. He is love and He is […]
Praying Ultimate Things – Epiphany News July 17 – 26
“Holy Father, from whom all good things come, let the Christian gifts of faith, hope, and love be more firmly established in me every day… O God, I hope- For your daily mercies to continue; For the loosening of sin’s grip upon my will; For my growth in grace and in true holiness from day […]
Water, Woods and Wilderness with Epiphany Men – Epiphany News July 10 – 19
We met at the Minneapolis airport on June 22. By the afternoon of June 23 we were paddling into a million acres and 1,000 lakes of wilderness along the U.S. and Canadian border. Over the next five days Epiphany men, joined by Bishop Chris Warner, paddled our canoes and gear 30 miles. We prayed and […]
The Lord’s Countenance – Epiphany News July 2 – 12
The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace (Numbers 6). If we were to consider God’s face turned toward us, what expression do we see? Perhaps, it is hard to […]
Simplicity in a Discontent World – Epiphany News June 26 – July 5
We just got back from a week in the woods of West Virginia, some of it camping. Now, I am more used to car camping than I am to backpacking. There are creature comforts I really crave when I sleep and eat, especially if it rains. And it did rain. The canopy over our food […]
Preparing to Paddle – Epiphany News June 19 – 28
As you read this, I am on my way to the upper Midwest. Next Monday, I’ll be meeting up with some Epiphany men (and Bishop Chris!) and we’ll begin a five-day wilderness adventure together in one of my favorite places on earth, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the Minnesota border with Canada. I […]