As we approach the birthday of Jesus, remember the small size of the ultimately important gift he brought us. John the Baptist, channeling Isaiah, foretells both the coming of Jesus and the upending of the social order, when the the abhorrent things we think of as normal will finally be ended and justice restored.
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Matthew 3
Isaiah 11
Romans 15
“Our pride gets exposed when we see the same kind of pride in other people.” –C.S. Lewis
“These images are unheard of and unimaginable.” –Walter Bruggemann