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Monthly Archives: December 2016
The Christmas You Need: Choose from Five
I posted this originally around Christmas 2014, when I was on a medical leave of absence from work. It’s a sermon I’ve preached several times – once some twenty years ago in the Parish of Pender and Saturna Islands in … Continue reading
The Last Day of An Advent Calendar: Christmas Day!
Sunday, December 25, 2016 Christmas Day Zechariah 2.10–13 1 John 4.7–16 John 3.31–36 The text of the readings follows after the comments. While I’ve been on medical leave I’ve been reading, among so many other things, The Iliad. Not in … Continue reading
Day Twenty-Eight of An Advent Calendar (Evening): Christmas Eve – Pouring Out Divinity into Humanity
Saturday, December 24, 2016 (Evening) Christmas Eve Isaiah 59.15b–21 Philippians 2.5–11 The text of the readings follows after the comments. The reading from Philippians this evening is at the core of the third chapter in my PhD dissertation. So it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus, Kenosis, Philippians 2.5-11
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Day Twenty-Eight of An Advent Calendar (Morning): The Invitation
Saturday,December 24, 2016 (Morning) Saturday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35.1–10 Revelation 22.12–17, 21 Luke 1.67–80 The text of the readings follows after the comments. I’ll be doing two posts today, as the readings in the Daily Office … Continue reading
Day Twenty-Seven of An Advent Calendar: Jerusalem – Old, Current, and New
Friday, December 23, 2016 Friday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 33.17–22 Revelation 22.6–11, 18–20 Luke 1.57–66 The text of the readings follows after the comments. People often ask me if I have been to the Holy Land, to … Continue reading
Day Twenty-Six of An Advent Calendar: Visitation & Magnificat
Thursday, December 22, 2016 Thursday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 29.13–24 Revelation 21.22—22.5 Luke 1.39–48a, (and Luke 1.48b–56, if desired) The text of the readings follows after the comments. Continuing to read from Luke, we go with Mary … Continue reading
Day Twenty-Four of An Advent Calendar: See, I Am Making All Things New
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Tuesday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11.10–16 Revelation 20.11—21.8 Luke 1.5–25 The text of the readings follows after the comments. The Reverend Canon Howard Buchner of blessed memory, Dean of Divinity at Trinity College, … Continue reading
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Tagged Eschatology, Hell, New Jerusalem, Renewal, See I am Making All Things New
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Day Twenty-Three of An Advent Calendar: The Peaceable Kingdom
Monday, December 19, 2016 Monday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11.1–9 Revelation 20.1–10 John 5.30–47 The text of the readings follows after the comments. The reading from Isaiah and the reading from Revelation both deal with the reign … Continue reading
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Day Twenty-Two of An Advent Calendar: Light
Sunday, December 18, 2016 The Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 42.1–12 Ephesians 6.10–20 John 3.16–21 The text of the readings follows after the comments. The days of Advent are variable. At it’s shortest Christmas comes the day after the Fourth … Continue reading
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