Where is God Every Day?
An Epiphany Experience
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I hope you enjoyed a blessed Christmastide and a marvelous worship celebration on Epiphany Sunday, yesterday, January 7th. Epiphany, also celebrated as Three Kings Day, is God’s manifestation or appearance in the world through Jesus Christ. Three wise men followed a star to honor the baby Jesus. Sometimes, Epiphany is called Theophany.
Epiphany is a good time to ask ourselves: Where is God and how do we experience God? For Christians, Jews and Muslims, God is omnipresent, everywhere, and at all times. God is not bound by space or time. Followers may have spiritual or religious experiences during worship and prayer when they sense the presence of God more vibrantly. These religions also identify specific places with Jesus and God: E.g. Jerusalem and Makkah (Mecca). God is also found in nature by many people. But for most followers of Jesus Christ, God is experienced in simple, every day human life.
That’s what Epiphany signifies and leads us towards: God is present in the everyday. I share my experiences in the Garden of Grace, with the Lectionary, and readings from the fields of Theological Anthropology and Neurotheology (Neuroscience of Religion).