Week Four: Love | Advent Series

The story of Christmas is a story of God making a home among the marginalized and overlooked. But so often, we’re sold an image of Christmas and of Jesus that doesn’t match this reality. Today, Kat Armas reflects on some of the things we tend to miss when thinking about the Christmas story: Mary’s identity as a marginalized woman, the realities of pregnancy and childbirth, and the truths that Mary boldly proclaimed about God and God’s plans for those living under empire.

Episode Recap:

• The end of Advent is the transition from preparation to celebration (1:20)
• Advent is a time to struggle with what it means to feel hope, joy, peace, and love (2:41)
• Mary has been held up as an unattainable standard (9:12)
• The story we’re told of Christ’s birth completely ignores the reality of pregnancy (13:59)
• Mary was not quiet and submissive, she boldly declared the truth (21:25)
• Through the incarnation, God made a home among the people empire casts aside (26:28)

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