In next Sunday’s Lectionary, the Jeremiah reading is about the calling of a prophet, a moment, a beginning. The Luke reading is about a moment at the beginning of Jesus’s ministry, and the violent opposition he meets – the shadow of his forthcoming death is already beginning to fall on the story. And in 1 Corinthians, Paul writes about the eternal significance of love.
Meanwhile, in the news, we hear about moments in the near future which may have a profound effect on the future of the world for a long time. No love there, I fear.
The turn of the year is a repeated moment. The rhythm of flowering, seeding and growth overlaps this human-made marker. This teasel (I guess that’s what it is) might be said to belong to last year … or next?…
