God the Father and Embryo

December 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
Pieter de Grebber, Father God c.1645

Advent suggests so many mysteries of God’s patience. One rarely commented case is God as Father and embryo. It is extra Biblical so imagination can only begin to tell the bizarre tale. Gabriel’s annunciation and appearance to Joseph begins the period of waiting and soul searching, but a remarkable gap exists in the Advent story. [...]

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The 11th Day of Christmas…A Prophetic Vision of Peace

January 4, 2012 By 2 Comments

The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. — Isaiah 11:6 Maybe I should have known, but it occurred to me a few years ago that the Christmas decoration Pete Peterson made [...]

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It Was A Night Around Christmas

December 28, 2011 By 5 Comments

Since the first Christmas was likely in April it won’t be too inappropriate for this to be a few days late. After all, it is called a night “around” Christmas. (Spoken to the cadence of “T’was The Night Before Christmas” duh!) It was a night around Christmas, in a crowded old cave With camels and [...]

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Parenting the Divine: A Christmas Meditation

December 20, 2011 By 1 Comment

At the emerging community where I once served as pastor, current co-pastor Diane Brandt has created a banner that affirms the words of German mystic Meister Eckhardt, “We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always seeking to be born.” Listen once more: God is always seeking to be born! God [...]

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