Christmastide, the twelve days from Christmas to Epiphany, invites us not to rush on, but to abide. To stay with the miracle a little longer.
Christmas is a time of celebrating a great mystery and wonderful sacrament of God choosing incarnation. Jesus was embodied. So are we.
The Prophet Isaiah had strong views about political issues of his day, and his words, which Catholics and others who use the Common Lectionary read over the four Sundays of Advent, are impossible to hear without applying them to politics today.
Robb Ryerse, who leads a progressive evangelical church in Arkansas, said he feels he has a moral obligation to run for office — and convince voters that being a Christian and a Democrat “isn’t an oxymoron.”
