December 20, 2020, Matthew 2:1-2, 7-15, ISSL Reflections Post 3

Please take another opportunity to reread this week’s Scripture – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202%3A1-2%2C%207-15&version=NRSV;CEB;NET VI.I closed the other day by asking –“How do you understand what has led each to where they find themselves here?” I have been thinking about what led the … Continue reading

December 20, 2020, Matthew 2:1-2, 7-15, ISSL Reflections Post 2

Take some time to reread the passage a couple of times –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202%3A1-2%2C%207-15&version=NRSV;CEB;NET IV.This passage opens for us a way to notice that the same event, the same piece of history is seen by different folk in very different ways. It … Continue reading

December 20, 2020, Matthew 2:1–2, 7–15, ISSL Reflections Post 1

I.As we approach the fourth Sunday of Advent, we have as our Scripture focus the arrival of the “wise men.” While we have Christmas hymns that call these men “kings,” they were more likely of a class of scholars or … Continue reading