Tag Archives: Luke 2:12

Bedlam to Bethlehem

Posted on December 25, 2025 by salooper57

I started by speaking of “thin places,” where heaven and earth meet, but the barrier between heaven and earth is not permeable in a place; it is permeable in a person: Jesus. It is in a manger that heaven and earth meet and kiss. And it is at a cross that the gate of heaven opens. Continue reading →

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A Christmas Story for Grown-Ups

Posted on December 23, 2017 by salooper57

Most Christmas story books are for kids. They either tell a story that has almost nothing to do with the first Christmas – think, A Christmas Carol, for example, or Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – or they whitewash the first … Continue reading →

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