There will be a crib, and wondrous visitors; and eyes and ears and hearts being opened. And love being poured out — and ugly hatreds, too.
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God is in love with us
We’re movin’ on up, to the east side, and the north side, and the forever side to love with no limits and no conditions, and forever!
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The human gets found by the divine
We are waiting for the celebration of Christmas when we can and will find our Messiah, our Savior, our Christ.
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God is with us!
The story of the promise to be fulfilled as the word is spoken into a birthed human, and in the most dramatic way possible, God becomes hu-man (and therefore, also hu-woman).
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What am I looking for?
If a people SAY they believe in God but then don’t let this God into their lives — turn away, sin and sin and sin — do they not warrant the consequences of their turning away?
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Do the right thing
Actually, it seems a little strange, weird — and ugly, even — that God calls Jacob a worm and Israel a maggot. It also is always a little difficult to hear about the violence, war, conquering, and other social upheaval that God would create.
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Be open to God, working extraordinary things in ordinary ways
Be open to God doing many, many, many extraordinary things in ordinary ways in our lives!
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This High Priest has invited us to share in this new covenant, written in our lives
We are called to give everything, also — our love, our ministry, our lives.
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In the Christ there is life
The Christ, the Holy One of God, gives life and brings life and restores life always, again and again — with precision, wholeness, gladness and joy.
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Even before the cross, Jesus demonstrated the same love to those he encountered
Are we just to observe the hunger of others (physical, spiritual, emotional, societal), or are we being asked, called, told to feed others?
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