http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-17/11/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:54:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-17/11/#comment-908 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:58:50 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-17/11/#comment-908 Wow, did you read the entire Thielicke chapter? Your words echo the sermon perfectly. Thank you. Wow, did you read the entire Thielicke chapter? Your words echo the sermon perfectly. Thank you.

]]> http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-17/11/#comment-870 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:14:03 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-17/11/#comment-870 How oppressive this advent season is to so many. They do not see it as Christ entering into our suffering. They do not see it as Christ becoming vulnerable, available, humbled and seemngly buffeted about by the tides of other people's decisions and agendas. Christmas is God becoming us, the real us - small, outcast, weak and no chance at greatness (as the world counts greatness). Christmas is God understanding. Christmas couldn't be more in touch with the human condition than it is - a teenager with child born into a poor family, with whispers of illegitimacy, birthed in dirt and stink without a college fund and no prospects. Christmas couldn't be more earthy except that it is God in the stable. It is God in my kind of life. How oppressive this advent season is to so many. They do not see it as Christ entering into our suffering. They do not see it as Christ becoming vulnerable, available, humbled and seemngly buffeted about by the tides of other people’s decisions and agendas. Christmas is God becoming us, the real us - small, outcast, weak and no chance at greatness (as the world counts greatness). Christmas is God understanding. Christmas couldn’t be more in touch with the human condition than it is - a teenager with child born into a poor family, with whispers of illegitimacy, birthed in dirt and stink without a college fund and no prospects. Christmas couldn’t be more earthy except that it is God in the stable. It is God in my kind of life.

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