Where the miracles happen [Last Epiphany C - Luke 9:28-43a]
The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Luke 9:28-43a Where the miracles happen Christ Church, Gilbertsville On this day, eleven years ago, I skipped church. I just didn’t show up. That wasn’t the plan. I went to bed fully expecting to preach and celebrate at both 8 and 10am. But I didn’t. Because, unexpectedly, something else came up. Or perhaps, I should say, came out. At 9:58am, on Sunday, March 2, the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, in the year 2014, I met Isaiah Williamson. And the first thing he did was scream at me. And the first thing I did was fall in love with him. Every year, on his birthday, we celebrate the special person Isaiah is becoming. And also every year, in my mind and in my heart, I am transported back to our first meeting. It is a day forever preserved in the amber of aching joy. And something in me wants to build a dwelling in that perfect day. ...