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Roots

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 Throughout this season of Advent our focus is “The Story of Christmas in 20 Words.”  On each of the 20 weekday mornings ending on Christmas Eve, we’ll spotlight a single word from the Gospel accounts that helps us ponder more deeply the birth of Jesus.  Genealogy Not all parts of the Bible are created equal. Among its diverse literary forms… Read more »

Jesus’ Genealogy

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If 2021 is the year you decided to read through the Old or New Testaments, you probably ran into a few dry spots in the month of January. We’re talking about genealogies. Alongside a handful of major characters, the opening chapters of Genesis introduce us to dozens of obscure individuals with hard-to-pronounce names.  These are folks who appeared on the… Read more »