Tag: Christmas
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Taking Christ out of Christmas?
Why Christians shouldn’t get worked up about Xmas
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Lying about Santa?
A post about Father Christmas — Saint Nicholas — on his feast day
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The Purpose of the Nativity stories
The Nativity stories of Matthew and Luke are not competing biographical accounts, but ‘theological forewords’ to their books.
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No heartless innkeeper, no cold and lonely stable
What if the ‘traditional’ understanding of the Nativity is mistaken?
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Thoughts on the Nativity
What if the inn of the Nativity story was actually a guest room?
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Christmas Expectations
Expectations are hard things to live with. In a culture increasingly driven by “targets”, the expectations we have of ourselves and others can be a source of great hurt and confusion. This is especially true when our expectations do not match those of others. And it has to be said that there are many times…
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Hey Jesus! (A Christmas Sketch)
Format is (ahem!) borrowed from the Iona Community… Peter: Hey Jesus! Jesus: Yes Peter? P: What starsign are you?