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Always the Innocents
The feast day of Holy Innocents is the part of the Christmas story that never makes it into pageants. But we need to hear it each year.
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Dark Christmas
Episode 59 of the Make Saints podcast
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A Story of Incarnate Grace
In the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt, we see God’s grace appearing in the midst of human tyranny. A story for God’s grace in our tyranny. Fear, love, and the saving of JesusChristmas 2A | Matthew 2:13-23 We just heard the second half of this story. Tomorrow night we will hear the first half. Which…
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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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Between: Skipping past the birth of Jesus before he’s born
Just because the lectionary has us reading the beginning of Matthew in the wrong order doesn’t mean we shouldn’t get it straight.
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Seeking Saving
The wise men represent the eternal human condition – looking at power for mercy rather to one another in redemptive grace. Looking for God in all the wrong places Epiphany | Matthew 2:1-12 Last night we took down our trees, our greens, clove oranges, and decorations. We celebrated with Christmas music and festive cheer one…
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Overwhelmed by Joy
The Evangelist tells a story which resonates so fully with the Hebrew story of oppression and enslavement under Pharaoh. Herod is the new Pharaoh! Judah has become Egypt! Overcoming darkness and restoring the world Christmas 2C | Matthew 2 In the Beginning The Hebrew story begins in creation, in GOD bringing forth everything into the…