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In December of 2012, Lavone and I were in Bethlehem on what is called Manger Square as the town prepared for its annual lighting of the Christmas tree that marks the official beginning of the Christmas season. The irony of this did not escape us: at or near “ground zero” for the first Advent, are …
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We decided that we wouldn’t give each other gifts this year. There were good reasons. For one, we already have a lot. In fact, most everything we could want, within reason, we have. Then, also, we have just moved to a new place, in a sense giving ourselves a new home. Finally and more importantly, …
16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Â 17 Then what was said through the prophet …
Merry Christmas! Today we celebrate the coming of the Christ-Child, the One foretold by prophets, anticipated by the faithful, and now given by God. He is given as descendant of David, as the Messiah King who sits upon the throne of David, his ancestor and forebear, whose government will have no end. The one who …
Here is the good news of Christmas: Jesus’ birth brings joy to all the people (Luke 2:10). God targets all for joy in the giving of a child to Mary and Joseph and through them to the world. (NOTE: Reader’s Alert! This first Christmas gift disappoints all attempts to be politically correct.) It is not …