Advent
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Gifts of Delight and Wonder
What’s the best present you’ve ever gotten? And what’s the present you were the most proud to give? Join Dan and Rachael in today’s episode...
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The Disruption of the Incarnation
The message of Christmas is one that disrupts the norm and turns systems of power upside down. When we examine Mary’s Magnificat in Luke 1:46b-55,...
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Sharing in the Creativity of Christmas
Many of us are inspired to create during the Christmas season – perhaps through hanging up decorations, baking treats and meals to share, or dreaming...
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The Revolution in Mary’s Magnificat
As we enter the Advent season, Dan and Rachael reflect upon Mary’s Magnificat with theologian Dr. Chelle Stearns from the Seattle School of Theology &...
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The Heavenly Host
I have mixed emotions about Christmas. I used to go “all out” when our children were young. I would scare our family by shrieking when...
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The Undoing of Advent
Last week, I sat on the floor with a piece of paper torn from my sketchpad and paint bottles scattered around me. I felt drawn...
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Living into the Tension of Advent: Rev. Michael S. Chen
In the final episode about what it means to enter the Advent season at such a time as this, Rachael Clinton Chen invites her husband,...
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Living into the Tension of Advent: Cole Arthur Riley
Continuing a series of conversations about how we are to live into the tension of Advent in this season, Rachael talks with Cole Arthur Riley—writer,...
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