For many people, the Incarnation of Christ means very little. That is because the American Christian doesn’t look to Jesus as the Revelation of God, but rather people come with prior pseudo-knowledge of who they think God is, which is then imported onto God. The Imported God is ultimately an Imaginary God, rather than theContinue reading “Dietrich Bonhoeffer On Our Imaginary God and the Challenge of Immersing Ourselves in Jesus”
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Luke 2: A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on the Margins (Reflection 4)
Luke 2:13-16 Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!” When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thingContinue reading “Luke 2: A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on the Margins (Reflection 4)”
Luke 2: A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on the Margins (Reflection 3)
Luke 2:9-10 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people: I can’t imagine what was goingContinue reading “Luke 2: A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on the Margins (Reflection 3)”
Luke 2: A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on the Margins (Reflection 2)
What is interesting about discussing people who are marginalized, is that we never seem to like to talk about their subsequent counterparts. For example, it is very common to talk about those who are underprivileged. In our minds we have arrived at an arbitrary determination on what the standard of privilege is, and we recognizeContinue reading “Luke 2: A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on the Margins (Reflection 2)”
Luke 2 A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on The Margins (Reflection 1)
It’s Christmas eve, and we have approached the celebration of Christmas. Let’s reflect on a passage today that will hopefully open our eyes to God’s subversive and revolutionary act of incarnating into our world on the margins. And so we will jump into Luke’s account of the Shepherds receiving the announcement of Jesus’ birth. LetContinue reading “Luke 2 A Shepherd’s Christmas Story on The Margins (Reflection 1)”
A Child is Born
We don’t know exactly what Jesus looked like, in the Occident most portrayals of Jesus are blond haired and blue eyed. Some scholars are describing him as Afro-Asiatic in descent given his background, geography, and the common ethnic mixing of that particular time. While we don’t know exactly what he looked like, I always appreciateContinue reading “A Child is Born”
Drew G. I. Hart 