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Most of the posts you’ll find here first appeared as podcast episodes. You can listen to each episode on the page or read the slightly edited transcript. You’ll also find questions for personal reflection or discussion.
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The message delivered by the angels to the shepherds makes some big promises–that it’s “good news of great joy,” and that the “Savior has been born to you.” As the shepherds go to investigate, they find everything “exactly as had been told to them.” This incredible message was true because the God who sent it…
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The shepherds accept the angel’s invitation to go find Jesus and once they do, they go tell everyone! They don’t seem to care if they are listened to or believed or if they have all the answers. The shepherds realize that this is a message worth sharing.
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The first people to hear the earth-shaking news of Jesus’ arrival were simple shepherds. And they had a decision to make: will they pause what they’re doing, take the risk, and look for Jesus? The Christmas shepherds teach us that the risk of not following Jesus is far greater than the risk of following him.
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The angel tells Mary that the child she’ll give birth to will be a king. And yet in the Christmas story, there seems to be another king on the throne–one who is hungry for power and ambitious and arrogant. But the Christmas story reveals that Jesus will be a different kind of king.
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If we got to choose how and when and where our children came into the world, we would pick a time and place that’s peaceful and clean. But God in his infinite wisdom chose to send the Messiah right into the middle of a messy time and place–political instability, a couple with a bad reputation,…
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Joseph and Mary faced a lot of interruptions and inconveniences in the days leading up to Jesus’ birth. If I were them I’d be incredibly frustrated! But through their story, we see that God can turn those interruptions into opportunities.
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Amy C Walters 