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Christmas Eve; 24 December 2022; Christmas I (RCL); Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 26; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20.
The passage we hear from Isaiah is one of the most familiar to Christians in what we call the Old Testament, thanks in no small measure to G. F. Handel. All those royal titles have been applied to Jesus through the long history of Christian biblical interpretation. Isaiah certainly had something else in mind.
Continue reading “Jesus as food”This past Sunday (22 March 2020) was my first experiment at virtual worship. As the leader, it felt odd to stand in an empty church, and read all the words. I don’t know what the experience was like on the other end (and I haven’t got the courage to go watch myself!). Preaching was a very different experience. Usually, it feels like a dialog, as I follow the reactions on the faces of the people present. Without that, I was much more dependent on my manuscript.
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