We sing hallelujah, we praise our God – but why? Our psalmist describes for us a God who is faithful, whose transcendence and nearness collide in promised faithfulness to God’s people. We cannot fully understand God – we simply sit in awe. But we can experience God through faithful hope given to us in our lives.

Today is the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany in the Christian year. Epiphany (January 6) celebrates the manifestation of God in Jesus Christ. The Season of Epiphany continues this emphasis, calling attention to the words and deeds of Jesus’ earthly ministry. The liturgical color for the season is green, representing new life and growth.

This year, during the season of Epiphany, we will seek to know God better through a sermon series called “Epiphanies about God,” reading from the Psalms each week. We are asking questions and seek answers with the psalmists about who God is, how God works, and how we might encounter God in our own lives.

We learn from our Psalmist this week that God is our refuge when everything else in this world lets us down. God is our place of safety and hope, a place of assuredness we cannot fabricate in our own lives. May we explore how that knowledge of God’s steadfastness can transform how we live our daily lives.

Today is the Third Sunday After Epiphany in the Christian year. Epiphany (January 6) celebrates the manifestation of God in Jesus Christ. The Season of Epiphany continues this emphasis, calling attention to the words and deeds of Jesus’ earthly ministry. The liturgical color for the season is green, representing new life and growth.

This year, during the season of Epiphany, we will seek to know God better through a sermon series called “Epiphanies about God,” reading from the Psalms each week. We’ll ask questions and seek answers with the psalmists about who God is, how God works, and how we might encounter God in our own lives.

The psalmist in Psalm 139 imagines the nearness of God, knitting together the transcendence and power of God with the choice of God to know each of us personally. On Baptism of the Lord Sunday, we especially remember the nearness of God in our own baptisms – the water that surrounded us with God’s grace and love. God is as deep and wide as the waters of baptism, yet God is close to us, as the waters surround us, immersing us in God’s presence.

Today is Baptism of the Lord Sunday in the Christian year. Epiphany (January 6) celebrates the manifestation of God in Jesus Christ. The Season of Epiphany continues this emphasis, calling attention to the words and deeds of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Today specially marks the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. The liturgical color is white, symbolizing the purity and holiness of Christ.

This year, during the season of Epiphany, we will seek to know God better through a sermon series called “Epiphanies about God,” reading from the Psalms each week. We’ll ask questions and seek answers with the psalmists about who God is, how God works, and how we might encounter God in our own lives.

All the nations shall come to God’s light. Invitations are sent, the star is in the sky, awaiting us all. Rejoicing is on the horizon.

Today is Epiphany Sunday in the Christian year. Epiphany (January 6) celebrates the manifestation of God in Jesus Christ. The season after the Epiphany continues this emphasis, calling attention to the words and deeds of Jesus’ earthly ministry by which his divine sonship is made manifest. The liturgical color for Epiphany Sunday is white, symbolic of the purity of Christ.