Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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In the angel’s visitation to Mary, we get a glimpse, not just of what Christmas is about, but about what it means to believe.
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In Mary, we have the example of the common and uncommon—and we are invited to reflect on what it means to be favored by God.
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In Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation of Christ. What that means to us, however, requires us to think about our world.
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The lectionary jumps a lot in these seasons. This jump takes away one of Luke’s best stories for describing the place of the Incarnation.
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While figuring out what more to say about John the Baptist in Advent, we may first want to address the elephant in the living room.
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As we hear again from John the Baptist, we’re invited to explore his purpose (and ours) in light of the one who is to come again.