I first posted this in 2009. It’s been a perennial favorite. Here it is again with some light edits. When you were young, did anyone ever tell you that animals speak at midnight on Christmas? I don’t remember who told me, but I do remember looking expectantly at the family Dachshund for several years. For […]
Category: Jesus
Joseph Listens and the World is Changed
Sometimes we forget that there are two nativity stories, one in Luke’s gospel and one in Matthew’s. In popular telling, they are often conflated into one story- shepherds and magi, heavenly host and a star. However each gospel writer had reasons for telling the nativity story the way that they did. Luke’s nativity story has […]
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