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The Grace of Christ be with you!
A newspaper article once pointed out how the American experience of Christmas is as much watched on television as it is lived in real life (see reference below). Indeed, in many homes the TV and Christmas tree sit side by side and vie for our attention. Yet, television not only brings in sentimental nostalgia for some idealized Christmas of yore, it can also broadcast the continuing darkness of the world in high definition right into the middle of our Christmas celebrations. Like the story of Herod’s murder of the children in Bethlehem, the television can remind us of injustice and raise the same unsettling question, “Why does God allow the innocent to suffer?”
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God plays favorites.
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God’s will is inscrutable.
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God forsakes violence & joins in with the innocent who are persecuted.
God’s will is not inscrutable. God’s will is for salvation. Neither does God play favorites except to choose those, e.g., Joseph, through whom to bless the world. Instead, in the cross of Christ —which the story of Herod’s murder of the innocents foreshadows—God forsakes the use of violence and shares the fate of all the persecuted who die the death of an innocent victim.
Blessings, Will
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THIS COMING SUNDAY: "The TV Guide to Christmas" based on Matthew 2:13-23. The Rev. Will Heyward is preaching. Sunday Worship Bulletin.
ADVENT LABYRINTH AT MJPC: The labyrinth is available on the front porch at MJPC for use during Advent. You are invited to take time during the season to reflect on the meaning of your faith and life as you walk this guided path. Merry Christmas to all and may the gift of Christ bring you hope, peace, and a path forward in life.
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: Join us in person or online at 7pm as we welcome the Christ child in worship. The service will include a celebration of the Lord's Supper and a candle light recessional. Christmas blessings on all!
MJ's PUPPET COMPANY! The puppets are here! All kindergarten through grade school kids are invited to join the puppets for Bible stories, games and songs Sunday mornings at 10am downstairs in our puppet room at MJPC. Youth can join us, too, to help with the puppets and to lead games. For more info on MJ's Puppet Company, check out the following short video: HERE!
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