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\u201cPious imagination and nostalgic music rob Christmas of its shock value, while some scholars reduce the crib to a tame theological symbol. But the shipwrecked at the stable tremble in adoration of the Christ-child and quake at the inbreak of God Almighty. Because all the Santa Clauses and red-nosed reindeer, fifty-foot trees and thundering church bells put together create less pandemonium than the infant Jesus when, instead of remaining a statue in a crib, he comes alive and delivers us over to the fire that he came to light.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-Brennan Manning\u00a0(\u201cShipwrecked at the Stable\u201d from Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas<\/em>)<\/p>\n

May your Christmas be filled with glorious pandemonium\u2026<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Micha<\/em><\/h3>\n
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I\u2019ll be taking this week off from posting while we celebrate. I\u2019ll see you on January 2\u2026<\/h5>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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