[Sunday] Odd Epiphany - Emmanuel: Joy in the Midst
Under Epiphany's odd light, a star guides foreign Maji’s steps to Bethlehem, A jewish King looks like Pharaoh caring nothing for the messiah, and The holy family seeks refuge in Egypt. This light of the kingdom exposes the normalized oddity of God’s salvation.
New Song This Week.
Above “Song for this week” has Grace’s Recording
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What Had happened at Grace this week.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another:
As we enter holy week Matthew wants us to see something so clear. We all have abandoned Jesus.
Who would you allow at your table for dinner? Jesus is always accused of having the wrong people at his table. But if his table is big enough for Judas and Peter, then it is big enough for me.
The Magi visiting the Holy Family is absurd. A Roman Governor's wife defending Jesus? Absurd. Most absurd? Jesus taking our cries of "Crucify!" to save us all. Matthew Chapter 27
Beyond the tomb's despair, its emptiness unveils the way cleared for our return home. Matthew Chapter 28