Tag: christmas
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Were the Wise Men Real?
So, were the Magi real? Hard to say. Maybe – just maybe – we should give them the benefit of the doubt. What does it mean to be “real” anyway? Perhaps the Magi are as real as real gets. After all, when you stop to think about it, there are a lot of people in…
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The Advent Candle of Hope: Hope is a Verb
In the season of Advent, we are invited to intentionally pay attention – to watch and wait – when we steadily light more candles each week in anticipation of the Light of God coming into this world. As much as this season is about preparing for Christmas – or even counter-culturally the return of Christ…
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The Gift
When we moved from Corpus Christi to Pasadena, Texas in 1962, we left all our family behind. The fourth Christmas in 1964 was like all the others. Chris, Tim and I would ride our bikes down to the south end of Dewberry Lane to watch for that very familiar aqua blue 1958 Chevrolet station wagon.…
Hickey Theology 