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Tag Archives: Wise Men
An impromptu Advent homily
It is the practice of the senior center where I live to have a Vespers service on Sunday afternoons. It’s a very sensible thing to do because some residents who have spent their whole lives “going to church” really can’t … Continue reading
Posted in A life of faith, Advent, Uncategorized
Tagged Bethlehem, inn dwellers, reasons not to go, Scribes, shepherds, Wise Men
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Wise Men. Not too smart though.
I am going to write today about the geopolitical savvy of the Wise Men.[1] They were academics who studied the stars and when they saw one that portended a new king of the Jews, they knew immediately where to go. … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Biblical Studies
Tagged A very local star, Herod the Great, Jesus the toddler of Bethlehem, Wise Men
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Green Chri$tma$, 1958
When Green Chri$tma$ came out in 1958, I was about twenty years old. I thought it was the funniest broadcast parody I ever heard. I memorized it immediately—not much of a trick at twenty, really—and performed little impromptu snatches of … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Old, Theology, Words
Tagged commercialization, Green Christmas, men of good will, shepherds, social satire, Stan Freberg, Wise Men
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Matthew’s Story and Really Smart People
Nobody ever said that the story of Jesus’s birth was about what you know. The story is, like everything else in Christianity, about Who you know.[1] I get that and I’m fine with it. Mostly. But the truth is that … Continue reading
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