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16 mins read|12/15/21
Debunking Popular Christmastime Myths: Temple Shepherds, Migdal Eder, and Swaddling Lambs
The Bethlehem shepherds were raising lambs for the temple? Jesus was born in a shepherd's tower called Migdal Eder? Shepherds swaddled lambs to keep them unblemished then placed them in a manger to keep them safe? What are we to make of these popular claims? -
10 mins read|12/12/21
Gospel: Luke 1: 39-56 (Advent 4: Series C)
The creation of this word reminds us that the Magnificat, like Christmas itself, is charged from the start with joy and praise. -
12 mins read|12/05/21
Gospel: Luke 7:18-28 (29-35) (Advent 3: Series C)
Sometimes it is the unnamed characters in the Bible who can most help present-day readers find their own place in the biblical story. -
12 mins read|11/28/21
Gospel: Luke 3:1-20 (Advent 2: Series C)
Like Isaiah and John, we look forward to that great and glorious day, trusting the resurrected One will return as He promised. -
10 mins read|11/21/21
Gospel: Luke 19:28-40 (Advent 1: Series C)
The oddness of this moment, at the beginning of Advent, is God’s way of saying, “The reason I’m here...” -
14 mins read|11/10/21
Unloving Ex-Sins and Laughing at Scars
Fourteen years ago, drowning in the muck of dark despair, in the middle of a life gone terribly wrong, I wrote in my journal, "I wonder how, once this is all over, how I’ll be, how I’ll turn out…” Now I know.
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