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Matthew's Nativity (with Chris Green)

Alastair's Adversaria

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Nighttime Storytelling

We imagine when we're reading stories often, we have a sense this is a daytime story. And the fact that this is asleep, I think the other thing about sleep is it happens in the night. So you read the story at the beginning of the Exodus, and you sense these are darkness stories even if they're taking place during the daytime. In a similar way, you begin the story of the gospels in the night,. You have the the darkness of John that's trying to comprehend the light that is light shining in the darkness That cannot be overwhelmed by that darkness.

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