1.0Clint Schneklothhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/clintschneklothClint Schneklothhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/clintschnekloth/author/cschnekloth/The Underside Of Christmasrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RiJfG0s5mV"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/clintschnekloth/2018/12/the-underside-of-christmas/">The Underside Of Christmas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/clintschnekloth/2018/12/the-underside-of-christmas/embed/#?secret=RiJfG0s5mV" width="600" height="338" title="“The Underside Of Christmas” — Clint Schnekloth" data-secret="RiJfG0s5mV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1060/2018/12/holy-innocents-rachel-weeping.jpg768646So the birth of Jesus is not for or unto or really among the comfortable or the Romans or the empire or anywhere like that, but for those Palestinians, the ones for whom the worst the prophets spoke of was living reality