The Politics of Advent: Matthew and his Surprising Genealogy

Let’s begin with one of the most exciting parts of the nativity story- the genealogy. What? You don’t think genealogies are exciting? Well it may not be exciting reading, but as a prelude to the gospel, it has some interesting and important things to tell us. For us as people living in the era of […]

Happy Advent

It is not quite time to wish you a Merry Christmas. But Christmas is not too far away now. You probably don’t have time to read lots of new blog posts and I don’t have time to write them. So, this week I’m regifting (with minor edits)- a post from 2010. It is nearly Christmas, […]