Jesus is a faithful Son of Israel. If his people are summoned, then so is he. What will become a basic pattern of our ...

Jesus' baptism reminds us that he was one of us. He revealed that we humans must allow ourselves to be fragile, seeking and ...

This Sunday's lectionary reading in Year A is the baptism of Jesus from Matt 3.13–17. It is a short and compact reading, and needs careful reading in its own right. But it only fully makes sense if we ...

Yesterday we celebrated the great feast of the Epiphany, how the adventure of Christ’s mission and divinity was revealed to the world. Yesterday the focus was upon the visit of the Magi, and today we ...

This Sunday, Christians are celebrating the feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jesus; with the following readings for meditation: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17.

Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic that for most of us, the day of our baptism is not something that we remember. Most of us were babies when our parents brought us ...

At 11 a.m. on Sunday Jan. 12, everyone is invited to celebrate the First Sunday after the Epiphany at Bethel AME Church, located at 101 North Fourth St. in Corsicana. The message will be entitled “The ...