Shifting gears. Ever do that? the song, "In The Bleak Midwinter", inspired a "bending" of the lectionary this week.
I.. Bio of Christina Rossetti. Beautiful model for the Madonna by her brother, a then-popular artist in London. Suffered in ill health, writer of beautiful poetry, including "Love Came Down at Christmas" and the title piece for this sermon.
II. Matthew 1:1-17, the missionary and the genealogies, God reaching people through their former beliefs in sacred ancestry. My criteria? No. God's way of reaching THEIR hearts? Yes.
III. Grace unexpected and more than expected in Jesus.
IV. For a communion Sunday - holy grace through common things.
Blessings on your day for the second of Advent.
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