The Bigger Story
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Our preparing for Christmas is often treated like setting up for the main event, rather than readying for a new way of being.
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Our preparing for Christmas is often treated like setting up for the main event, rather than readying for a new way of being.
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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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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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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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Advent 4B | Luke 1:26-38 Who is Mary? This time of year, everybody’s talking about her. Countless pieces are written, diagnosing her history and declaring her purpose. Many are bent on defending her virginity and others exposing her age. And much like the priests and Levites last week, we’re all trying to figure out how…
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Mary does not sing of false humility, but describes her response to the very character of GOD. That her very soul reveals GOD, her spirit (not just her mind) rejoices, for GOD’s favor has come to the poor, not the powerful. She is proof of who GOD is and who GOD favors.