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John 1:(1-9), 10-18

Christmas 2A

Comments and Observations The Lectionary may get the last laugh here, and savvy preachers can curl up the corners of their mouths to join the mirth.  Because here it is the first Sunday of a new year.  For weeks now, starting well before American Thanksgiving even, it’s been all Jesus, all the time.  The Muzak…

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John 1:6-8, 19-28

Advent 3B

Comments, Observations, and Questions Among you stands one you do not know.” Those were John the Baptist’s words as recorded in John 1:26.  Of course, at that time it was literally true that a quiet carpenter’s son from the backwaters of the Roman Empire was rubbing shoulders with lots of people—including the crowds that jostled…

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John 1:(1-9), 10-18

Christmas 2C

Comments and Observations Most people will have to go back to work the day following this Second Sunday after Christmas.  It will be Monday, January 4, 2010, and the holidays will be officially over for most of us.   The kids enjoyed their two-week break but on Monday, it’s time to roll out of bed on-time,…

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