The story of the Presentation is not quite as the Rector once imagined it. And that previous imagining was a result of cultural conditioning more than anything else. So how can we take the challenge of reading Scripture and allowing it to critique our culture rather than just reading into our Bibles what we want. Simeon and Anna give us some pointers in today's reading...

The Venerable Alastair McCollum

Rector, St John the Divine Victoria