Shepherds and angels are part of every nativity scene and play. It’s a familiar part of Luke’s nativity story. Because it’s so well known, we may not recognize it as the startling text that is it. Remember that the nativity stories function as prelude and parable. They set out major ideas and themes. So we […]
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The Politics of Advent: Orienting Us to the Kingdom of God
There are two nativity stories. One in Matthew’s Gospel and one in Luke’s Gospel. Mark and John do not have stories about Jesus birth. If you read Luke’s nativity story, there is almost as much about the birth of John as there is about Jesus and most of the rest of the story is about […]
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