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Are the angels talking about certain people? Or all people?
December 24 & 25, Nativity (Luke 2:1-20)
God’s faithfulness shows up with wonder and surprise in a weary and heavy-laden world.
A shower in the desert
At a migrant shelter in Tijuana, I met a woman who was about to give birth.
A shower in the desert
At a migrant shelter in Tijuana, I met a woman who was about to give birth.
Mary, Joseph, and a tea vendor named Sami
In Luke’s Advent story, Bethlehem’s economy is central—and it looks a lot like Bethlehem’s economy today.
Mary, Joseph, and a tea vendor named Sami
In Luke’s Advent story, Bethlehem’s economy is central—and it looks a lot like Bethlehem’s economy today.
Preparing for winter, preparing for God
The Spirit’s presence often feels like winter’s dry wind.
An Omicron Christmas
I don’t know if this is the pandemic’s end game. I do know that new things are already being born in us.
There’s a lot of a certain sort of pleasure pursued around Christmas.
December 26, Christmas 1 (Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52)
Why am I so skeptical about sitting and learning at the feet of others?
Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources
And how will we know it’s Christmas?
We should all be a little eccentric.
Our happiness is incomplete.