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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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Between — How to Forget About a Massacre
making the rest of Matthew’s birth story a liturgical after thought, we are overlooking one of the most powerful parts of Scripture.
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Radiating Love
Luke sets us up to see the birth of Jesus as more than the uncommon birth of the Son of God. It is a common flashpoint for love.
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The Incarnation Is
In Christmas, we are reminded of how God is in the world, how God is present through the Word. In the flesh and in the very fabric of the cosmos. Finding Christ is already present Christmas Day | John 1:1-14 The opening of John is a beautiful story of creation! As much as our Christmas…
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More than a birth story
Christmas isn’t merely about the birth of a baby. The baby is the revolution. And the very spirit of Christmas is a constant reminder that we are too. The baby is the revolution. Christmas Eve | Luke 2:1-20 When planet Krypton is exploding, Jor-El and Lara put their baby in a spaceship and send him…
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In the Light
In the Epiphany, the church concludes the Christmas season in the same spirit with which it began: that a light comes into the world in the midst of darkness to be for us a permanent reminder of God’s presence and love. Reinforcing the Christmas Light is in us The Epiphany | Matthew 2:1-12 We close…
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High-Tops
When someone speaks of their desire to put the Christ back into Christmas, I like to ask which part of Christ is missing: the revolutionary or sacrificial? The Christmas Story is told in the stories of giving shoes and coins Christmas III | John 1:1-14 Several years ago, when my daughter was very young she…
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In the Dark
Like our Celtic ancestors, we gather in the dark, in our greatest darkness to be present to the light–because this is how light is best known. Christmas II | Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20 Tonight we gather like our Celtic ancestors did long, long ago. On the third day after the winter solstice, they’d gather for the…