Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Imagine a place that is cold and silent toward pain and human suffering. Life is all about financial profit, business transactions, and the bottom line. Countless people are being dehumanized. In this place there are no prayers, liturgies, hymns, or sermons. Mercy is a rare commodity. Where is this God-forsaken place? It is the world Isaiah describes in the last 11 chapters of his book. But then Isaiah gets to chapter 60 and he changes his tune. Arise, shine, for your light has come, he says. That's the message of Epiphany. The message proclaimed by Jesus that day in Nazareth. Arise! Shine! Rejoice in it and grow in it.