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Door 23: Doing Some Dreaming
Doing Some Dreaming © Jan L. Richardson Among the leaves of a tenth-century illuminated manuscript in the Medici Library in Rome, Joseph lies dreaming. Hands resting on his stomach, brow creased,...
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Advent 1: Through the Door
In Those Days © Jan L. Richardson Gospel lection, Advent 1, Year B: Mark 13.24-37 I admit it. When I realized that Mark 13.24-37 was the gospel lection for the first Sunday of Advent this year, I...
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Music and Mystery
Like lots of folks, I rely on music to help me cross into the holiday season and navigate its terrain. During Advent and Christmas we anticipate and celebrate the incarnation, the Word who became...
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Righteousness Seeking Peace for Friendship, Possible Relationship
Meeting © Jan L. Richardson Lection from the Psalter, Advent 2: Psalm 85.1-2, 8-13 In her imaginative work The Book of Qualities, writer and artist J. Ruth Gendler assembles an ensemble of human...
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Where I’m From
Where I’m From © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Advent 3: John 1.6-8, 19-28 If you’re experiencing a bit of déjà vu in reading next Sunday’s gospel lesson, it’s understandable. This...
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Getting the Message
Getting the Message © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Advent 4: Luke 1.26-38 One of the things that intrigues me about medieval artwork is the way that it has its own stories to tell. In...
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Home for the Holidays
A Home for God © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Advent 4: Luke 1.26-38 Thanks so much for the blessings and good wishes and virtual treats I’ve received while being out of commission this...
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Tangled Up in You
Tangled Up in You © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Christmas Day: John 1.1-14 Of all the artful treasures passed down in the Christian tradition, some of the most amazing are the early...
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Advent 3: Terrors and Wonders
The Final Fire Is Love © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Advent 3, Year C: Luke 3.7-18 Some years before I met him, my sweetheart, Garrison Doles, starred in a horror film. Shot here in...
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Christmas Day: Witness of that Light
Witness of that Light © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Christmas Day, Years ABC: John 1.1-14 On Christmas Eve during my first year as a pastor (at a church just up the road from Disney...
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