Epiphany 2A
"Come and see!" Since they are very easy words, they develop early in childhood, and then they spend years telling everyone to come and see, see their painting, their little hop with foot touching, See whatever it is they think is really cool at that moment the weirdly shaped pumpkin in the grocery store. Come and see! The Gospel books are full of people saying, Come and see! The women at the well, Philip to Nathanael, and from the gospel passage today: Andrew to Simon and Jesus to the disciples. Come and see. Come and see really means, however I could tell you, would simply not be good enough. You have to experience this for yourself. Its an invitation, a simple one, but one we all use over and over again in our lives. Come and see this! After John the Baptist, who had a little help, Andrew is the first one to figure out that Jesus really is the Messiah. And he doesn't wait around, he immed...