Matthew connects Jesus to the overarching narrative of the Jewish people—as well as to the smaller story of Matthew’s immediate community.
Christmas | First Sunday after Christmas (Year A)
Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23
Philip Kolin’s poems for the holy, violent earth
Yearning for the impossible, glimpsing the unimaginable
God called all of them good. Humans are rapidly destroying them.
The beloved song can contain God’s glory no more than the scripture it’s based on.