Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House
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Tag: Advent
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Who was there? The Dramatis Personae of the Nativity.
I. Who was There: It is Advent, the time of preparation for the festival of Christmas. At its heart is the story of the birth of Jesus, as told in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and it is a story retold in that great seasonal tradition, the Nativity play. Advent is the time for
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Keeping Advent
Traditionally, Advent was a fast; a solemn time of reflection and spiritual preparation for the great festival of Christmas. It was a time to remember the suffering of Christ, and the suffering of the world lest, in celebrating Christmas, we forget who and what it is about. In Advent we light candles to defy, not
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The World Jesus Came To
Jesus wasn’t born into a historical or geographical vacuum. He was born at a particular time at a particular place and we might imagine that the New Testament would provide us with this information in a clear and unequivocal way. But it doesn’t.
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The Fast of Advent
The Christian fast of Advent is traditionally a time of preparation for the feast of Christmas, the festival of the Nativity. Advent is supposed to be a solemn time, not the hyper-commercial hullabaloo that can make Christmas into an anti-climax by the time it finally arrives.
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