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A mosaic of story
What if we did asystematic theology?
by Brian Bantum
Are the angels talking about certain people? Or all people?
by Christine Chakoian
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.
by Isaac S. Villegas
Passagio
by Kathleen Wakefield
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.
by Kelley Nikondeha
Preparing for winter, preparing for God
The Spirit’s presence often feels like winter’s dry wind.
by L. Roger Owens
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.
by Martha Tatarnic
There’s a lot of a certain sort of pleasure pursued around Christmas.
by Laurel Mathewson
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?
Nativity
by Kenneth Steven
Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources
by Jeffrey L. Johnson
And how will we know it’s Christmas?
by Heidi Haverkamp
We should all be a little eccentric.
Water & salt
by Scott Dalgarno
Our happiness is incomplete.
by Daniel Schultz
how is It in
by Carl Winderl