The gift of radiance!

James Cathcart January 05, 2026 3 0

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Isaiah 60: 1-6 (NIVUK)

1

‘Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

2 

See, darkness covers the earth
    and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.

3 

Nations will come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

4 

‘Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    all assemble and come to you;
your sons come from afar,
    and your daughters are carried on the hip.

5 

Then you will look and be radiant,
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;
the wealth on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.

6 

Herds of camels will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian and Ephah.
And all from Sheba will come,
    bearing gold and incense
    and proclaiming the praise of the Lord.

God’s gifts blaze brightly for the world to see! 

God doesn’t deal in secrets —  arcane signs and sigils hidden in dark corners for the holiest to uncover.

God doesn’t plot conspiracies — a cryptic figure playing games in the background.

God doesn’t run an inner circle — an elite cadre of those in-the-know.

Jesus was not an armed revolutionary — a firebrand who shaped regional events for a few years and now of interest only to academics or fanatics.

Jesus was not a provincial warlord — a historical footnote in the clash of empires.

Jesus was not a covert agitator — a cult leader working to an obscure hidden agenda.

God works in sunrises not shadows.

God is unfathomable but not unknowable for God works in the foreground — in the love and light of our everyday lives.

God has just one circle — a real big circle that includes all who would come.

Jesus is an incredible person — who resounds through recorded history and our present lives.

Jesus is an international, global, cosmic gift — given to all.

Jesus lives his life in the open — in Galilee two thousand years ago and today.

We are not archaic, an irrelevance, a throwback.

We are not mysterious, cliquey and esoteric.

We are not a monoculture who all look the same, vote the same, and buy the same.

We don’t wear hair shirts or hidden coded symbols.

We wear hi-vis!

Prayer:

May we be hi-vis cyclists of grace

reflecting radiance

graciously ringing our bell

and making room for others.

Amen.