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Word, wordless
A brief message for Christmas Day If, like me, you have memories from long before you learned how to talk, then you know that even before it speaks an infant tells itself stories and lays them down, woven into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas Day, John 1:1-14, John's Prologue, Word of God
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Christmas 2014
On Christmas Eve, we talked about miracles and the veil between heaven and earth rent by angel song and the birth of God, the love of God borne into the world by a baby. The next morning, wondering what to … Continue reading
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Tagged anticipation, Christmas Day, John 1:1-18, prologue of john, surprise
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Christmas Day: John’s Prologue
Two of the three gospel readings that are offered for Christmas services in our lectionary use the story of the nativity from Luke, the story acted out in Christmas pageants and plays, the story of the manger and the shepherds … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas Day, Emmanuel, Incarnation, John 1, nativity, prologue
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