Category Archives: Family

Christmas reflections: O Come All Ye Faithful

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts O Come Ye Faithful Truck with three wise sledders, Christmas Eve, 2010 Like the magi traveling from afar, we faithfully arrived in Kirksville the evening of the 23rd, with clear roads all the way. Yet … Continue reading →

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Christmas nights: Winter Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts Happy Winter Solstice! If you face east from your front yard, or say, from within the circle of Stonehenge, then on different dates through the year you will see the Sun rise at points running … Continue reading →

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Family letter, Christmas 2010

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Kerry

“Welcome, all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span, Summer in winter, day in night, Heaven in earth, and God in man! Great little One, whose all-embracing birth Lifts earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to earth.” Richard Crashaw,”In … Continue reading →

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Candace update – December 2010

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Kerry

“The world seemed to her a grand march of resurrections–out of every sorrow springing the joy at its heart, without which it could not have been a sorrow; out of the troubles, and evils, and sufferings, and cruelties that clouded … Continue reading →

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Christmas reflections – Generations and Genealogies

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts “Christmas is the perfect season to ask ourselves whether our faith is merely a collection of theological facts we affirm or a living story we enter into and become a part of.” Tom Gibbs, Covenant … Continue reading →

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Christmas reflections – magi

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts After our Advent Celebration this year, Candace suggested I rewrite the section on the magi. What we have used all through these years is a nod to the folklore of the magi, with a long … Continue reading →

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Christmas reflections – Joseph

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts In some ways Joseph is the most enigmatic figure in the nativity story. To reflect on the character of Joseph, read the following passages aloud for discussion: Luke 2:3–5, 39–40; Matthew 1:18–25; 2:13–15. “But after … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Christmas – Santa Claus

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts Looking for a way to handle the whole Santa Claus thing without lying to your children, setting them up for disillusionment, or succumbing to rampant commercialism? If so, here’s our story, but be forewarned, it … Continue reading →

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Christmas reflections: Angels

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts Family Activities Shown: Giotto, The Angel Gabriel Read Luke 1.1 – 2.20. In his first sentences, Luke announces that he has written a historical narrative attested by eye-witnesses. Nevertheless, Luke fills the first two chapters … Continue reading →

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Christmas reflections – Mary

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts Mary’s Song, by Luci Shaw Blue homespun and the bend of my breast keep warm this small hot naked star fallen to my arms. (Rest… you who have had so far to come.) Now nearness … Continue reading →

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Christmas reflections – the Shepherds

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts Adoration of the Shepherds, by Matthias Stomer (North Carolina Museum of Art) In Adoration of the Shepherds, the 17th-century Dutch painter Matthias Stomer captured the wonder of the first witnesses to the birth of the … Continue reading →

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Christmas gifts: You are a meteorite

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts Update 2022: Meteorite fragments I’m giving out this year are pieces from the largest group of meteorite fragments ever found — more than 100 tons have been recovered so far from this single fall, which … Continue reading →

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