THEOLOGICAL CLUE

There are more clues - and more of them are non-theological than they are theological - coming from the calendar to date than there are from the church year this Sunday. This much gradually becomes clearer; the church is in the last quarter of its year, moving closer and closer to the conclusion and climax of that year, Christ the King Sunday. Aware of this, the framework of the church year begins to exert more influence than it has for some time. It reminds us that we are always about the business of Jesus Christ in our lives, celebrating his death and resurrection by the way we live every day, as well as by what we say and pray on Sunday, and renewing the prayer of the church for the deliverance than only Christ can bring to the world, "Come, Lord Jesus! Come, quickly!"…