11 January 2013

365c 11, A Cross A Day. Paint "Chips/Samples"

Well in honor of Epiphany and the Season after Epiphany, i have made a couple and various green crosses with the paint "chips" you can find at any hardware/paint store.  They are free and great to use and see color.

Epiphany begins on January 6th of each year, but the Seasons' length is variable.  What might that variable be?  Well, Easter of course.  i have noticed a few things:

  • In the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) the last weeks of the Season after Epiphany readings are the same readings of the first weeks of Pentecost.  i have not looked at the three years of the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) to see if that is true there.
  • That the 6 seasons of the Christian Year can be grouped into two sections of three with those three being related.  So the first is Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, i like to call it ACE.
  • ACE appears to be about the gift of God given to us, the whole world, in the life of a baby named Jesus.  So ACE is an inclusive time for the world and God's people, as God brings himself forward in the life of Christ.  
  • Season after Epiphany is the only one of two seasons that the name of the season is actually a word that you would hear with a different meaning, which may shed some theological reflection on the Season itself.  For example:  Wow, that is so true; what an epiphany.
  • The Season after Epiphany is also one of two seasons of the Christian Year that has a day of and then followed by the Season after.  Pentecost is the other season that is called the day of Pentecost and the Season after Pentecost.





May you cross a creative inkling or epiphany today.

LFS, liz

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