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God is always ready to do a new thing when the circumstances call for it, and God has...
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The heavens have been torn open and so has the curtain in the Temple. We have been...
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Who is your star? Who got you here? The short answer, for many of us, is Jesus. But...
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Having experienced the incarnate word in the child Jesus, we now are charged with...
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The incarnation, both in its announcement to the world and in its execution by God is...
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What if we refuse this year to let Christmas end? If we were to live in a way that...
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In a little while we will sing of the hopes and fears of all the years meeting in the...
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The Incarnation requires more than God breaking into the world, it requires human...
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I know how bleak things can seem in exile, but I also know that Christmas does come...
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John was heralding the coming of God almighty, the maker of heaven and earth. John was...
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Keep awake, or we will miss God's presence.
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God has given us so much. God has blessed us time and time again, over and over and...