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Why I stopped hating on 2020
Getting the challenge of 2020 right is essential to understanding what is at stake next year. And the year after.
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Saint Stephen’s Way of Love
Stephen sets our Christmas journey toward Jesus’s way of love by reminding us of the challenge of tradition and nostalgia.
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A Christmas Message
Many centuries ago, communities would gather to pray. They observed that the days grew shorter; the night was winning. Perhaps soon the day would disappear entirely. So people gathered during these long nights and they would pray for the light to come again. Long before Christ entered the world, these ancient people gathered because their…
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Getting Picked
In picking Mary, God shows not just who the invitation to grace is for, but how we get a similar invitation.
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Some more John
In Advent, we aren’t just preparing for the Incarnation by decorating, we are preparing ourselves by changing course.
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The Beginning of the Good News
John the Baptizer invites us to talk about sin like it’s something we can repent and get rid of. Because it is.
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Are we prepared for this?
The dark prophecies in our readings kick off the season of anticipation. They also help us find the message for our moment.
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In the shadow of darkness
The parable of the talent is a mind-bending distortion of Jesus’s previous teachings. The negative proof of a positive vision.
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