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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: The Joy of the Incarnation
Description: This is that rare year when Christmas Day occurs on a Sunday. As we have cited the birth narratives in Luke and Matthew in the two Christmas Eve services, now is the time to celebrate the joy of the arrival of the baby. The scripture is from the first chapter of John, those familiar and mysterious verses about “the Word” and its identification with God. “The Word” is described as life, the light shining into the darkness, becoming flesh and dwelling among people. Rev. Carol Cavin-Dillon points to the element of joy in our Advent trek to the nativity, recalling that the...