“Epiphany” is a word that comes from two Greek words, epi, which means “on” or “to” and “phainein which means “to show.” I like to call Epiphany the season of God-made knowings – of attentiveness to the ways that God and God’s agenda shine through our world, expressing unexpected hope, new birth and the defiance of death.
Epiphany is a perfect time for us to see, and as followers of Christ, make known, that the incarnation of Jesus can still be visible, can still be touched, can still surprise.
Epiphany is a season of God-made knowing and God manifest. It’s the season of noticing God in both small and large expressions and visions. It’s the season of announcing that God wishes there to be peace, reconciliation, kindness, redemption, repentance and release from anger, fear and resentment…as well as active ways of making each of these come to pass.
This message is excerpted from “We chalked the doorpost.” by Anna Madsen in the January/February 2022 Gather magazine.
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