Christmas
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One of my favorite scenes for Christmas. Read more
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Epiphany, Christmas, the Eastern Christmas… In the Church, December 25 isn’t the end. In the Western Church it’s over. We’re done. Get back to work. Get to the gym. For the Church, it is just the beginning. Through the celebration of Christmas and Epiphany, the East and West emphasize some strong points in the life… Read more
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From my reading this morning, Gregory of Nazianzus: God became human and poor for our sake, to raise up our flesh, to recover our divine image, to recreate humanity. We no longer observe distinctions arriving from the flesh, but are to bear within ourselves only the seal of God, by whom and for whom we… Read more
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Two very special gifts I received, along with just an incredible day with our family. Read more
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Reflecting on Matthew 3 for his Advent message in 1928, Dietrich Bonhoeffer said this: We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God’s coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear that God’s coming should arouse in us… The coming of God is truly not only… Read more
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More than the question, “Am I prepared?” Am I preparing the way? Am I communicating Christ in compassion? Am I lifting up hands that hang down? Am I allowing my heart to be ready for the coming of Christ? 1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and… Read more
Apprentice 2 Jesus 