Seeing is Believing

Dear friends,

In this season of Epiphany, our gospel lessons have emphasized the Incarnation of Christ among us and his glorification – texts that set the tone for the rest of the year.  They also point to the future age – the final age of the Spirit, when, as the Lord’s Prayer says, heaven and earth are joined in God’s will.  We thus, in Epiphany, look forward with faith, even as we endure implacable cold, and the times in which we now live can be daunting. It takes a bit of prayer to look forward and hold fast to and be sustained by and to trust in God.

Mike Vrabel, the Head Coach of the New England Patriots, appeared on the morning news last week as I was drinking my coffee, and in a clip from a recent press conference someone asked Coach Vrabel if he ever thought he would see the day when this year’s New England Patriots team would be in the Super Bowl. 

His answer was that, “You have to believe in things sometimes before you can see them.”

I now count him among my favorite theologians.

CJ+