Tag Archives: Christmas

Of Christ’s Inn and Shepherds

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George Herbert, Day Twenty: Christmas Eve George Herbert wrote a poem named Christmas and so we will close our Advent retreat with it, anticipating the late evening Christ Mass and the celebration on Christmas Day. Christmas … Continue reading →

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The Christmas You Need: Choose from Five

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

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 →

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The Last Day of An Advent Calendar: Christmas Day!

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

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 →

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Day Twenty-Eight of An Advent Calendar (Evening): Christmas Eve – Pouring Out Divinity into Humanity

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

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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A Christmas Sermon by The Rev. Canon Bill Morrison

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

As I am on a medical leave of absence I did not preach at St. Matthias, Victoria this Christmas Eve or Christmas Day – but the Reverend Canon William (Bill) Morrison did, and here is what he had to say: … Continue reading →

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The Christmas You Need: Choose from Five

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Ah, the Christmas story. We’ve seen it in pageants, in children’s Christmas books, in movies telling the story, narrated in Christmas carols, and parodied by Monty Python and thousands of others. We think we know it. And yet, when we … Continue reading →

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