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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The Politics of Advent: Christmas Stories as Resistance
Do you have trouble with the Christmas stories? Wandering stars. Virgin births. Angels. Are they too unbelievable? Are they too familiar? Too simplistic? Have you been told you need to take every word literally or you’re not sufficiently Christian? And what does politics have to do with any of this? If any of this resonates, […]
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