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posted by (anonymous) at 03:07am on 26/12/2007
I'm reminded of a line from Dorothy L. Sayers (I think it was), arguing that when the Christian scriptures report Jesus saying that you have to enter the Kingdom like a little child, he didn't mean that Christian believers needed to be unquestioning, passive, ignorant, or infantilized. Rather, what is most characteristic about childhood is that eagerness to move forward, to grow up, and to ask as many questions and investigate as much as you possibly can towards that end. Rather than returning to the peace of the womb, the goal is to awaken on your fiftieth birthday with the same eagerness to learn and explore and see what the future holds as you did on your fifth birthday.

Yes. In a sermon that the pastor gave at the Midnight Mass I attended last night - he mentioned somewhat the same thing. That we should approach Christmas much as a child does - not with the innocence of a child, but the exuberance, the joy.
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posted by [identity profile] shadowkat67.livejournal.com at 03:08am on 26/12/2007
The above was me. ;-)
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posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 06:23pm on 26/12/2007
That sounds like a great approach to take to the yearly 'problem' of how to preach an accessible yet not-shallow Christmas message that is still somehow 'fresh' to both regular attendees and once-a-year church-goers, alike!
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