Epiphany – Linda Vogt Turner

Epiphany V: Disturbance on Solomon’s Porch

On a stone porch, a Black man in saffron robes sits beside an older white man with a beard, who holds a leafless branch.

At Solomon’s Porch, an unexpected bloom appears on a leafless branch — the restoration of one long crippled. How can this be? And how can such a fragile miracle be protected without being silenced?

Epiphany IV: Peter’s Speech

A single red rose blooming in deep snow.

At Solomon’s Colonnade, an unexpected bloom appears — the restoration of one long crippled. Peter makes clear this did not happen by his power or John’s alone, but through an ancient love, wounded yet never destroyed.

Epiphany III: At Solomon’s Porch

Shaded stone porch with columns forming a public walkway.

At Solomon’s Porch, what many had long waited and hoped for is revealed in public: Christ, the Bride belonging to the Bridegroom. Long crippled by male-centred worship and male grammar, this epiphany restores not only the Bride, but the Bridegroom — and all who bear witness, from the Forerunner onward.

Epiphany II: Jesus the Gate

In the season of Epiphany, Scripture invites us to pause and recognize what has come into view. At the Beautiful Gate, Peter gives what he has in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and takes the hand of one born unable to walk, opening the way forward into life ever after.

Epiphany I: Why Egypt? Where Christmas Meets Story

Painted ancient Alexandrian harbour with people, boats, and a tall tower.

A blog on why the Holy Family’s journey to Egypt is an Epiphany. The first in a series of Epiphany blogs.

The Magdalene Affair

July 22 was the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene. At church on Sunday, the sermon focused the congregation’s attention on the Magdalene pointing out that the name Mary was a very common name back in the day and that modern edited versions of Scripture reveal there were at least 7 different women named Mary. IContinue reading “The Magdalene Affair”

Star of Wonder

How could a star suddenly appear in the sky and cause prestigious wise people to travel to a far-off land?

Did Mr. Scrooge and the Grinch steal your Christmas?

Nothing can separate us from God’s Eternal Love conceived in the Woman called Mary and presented in the Inn with her betrothed

The Second Coming of Jesus: Black Sun, Blood Moon

The day of the Blood Moon, I was studying the scripture passage of Saul’s conversion. I had no idea at all that there was to be a Blood Moon that day or any other day this year. I was just puzzled about the Light that blinded Saul and the significance of “Straight” street. Straight street wasContinue reading “The Second Coming of Jesus: Black Sun, Blood Moon”