by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 5, 2016 | Praying in Color
Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany are the three pieces of the Nativity Triptych. Epiphany, whether it is considered a day or a season, is the often slighted third part of the triptych. But without Epiphany the Christmas story would have stayed in the manger in a tiny...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 18, 2015 | Praying in Color
If I were at home in Memphis, Tennessee, my Christmas tree would have morphed into an Epiphany bush on January 6. Stars and lights twinkling on the tree in the middle of my living room brighten up the long darkness of the winter nights and remind me of the wacky...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 6, 2015 | Praying in Color
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.* Epiphany: the twelfth day after Christmas, the arrival of the Magi at the manger, the...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 11, 2014 | Praying in Color
The website Patheos–Hosting the Conversation on Faith addresses all religious and non-religious spiritual paths. It seeks to be a place where people ask questions and discussions take place about all world religions and even atheism. One of their divisions is...
by Sybil Macbeth | Oct 20, 2014 | Praying in Color
Just thought I’d be the first person to review the book. A little serious, a little snarky…. The Season of the Nativity: Confessions and Practices of an Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Extremist by Sybil MacBeth A Review by Sybil MacBeth After four books...