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EPISODE · Jan 5, 2026 · 45 MIN

A Whisper in Herod’s Winter: Christmas as Clandestine Hope with Guest Dr. Mark Glanville

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A Whisper in Herod’s Winter: Christmas as Clandestine Hope with Guest Dr. Mark GlanvilleMatthew 2:1-12As we journey through the Christmas season and anticipate Epiphany, we will spend time with the Magi in Matthew chapter 2. We will ask: what is the emotion, the tone of Christmas, in the stories themselves? Christmas is joyful, but it is not the full-blooded victory celebration of Easter Sunday. Rather the incarnation is whispered into the night. After all, the wise men slinked away, undercover, for fear of Herod. Christmas is a clandestine celebration. How can we enter into 2026 in this spirit? How can we journey into the coming year alert to the harmful ways of Herod, while whispering and embodying a different way?

A Whisper in Herod’s Winter: Christmas as Clandestine Hope with Guest Dr. Mark GlanvilleMatthew 2:1-12As we journey through the Christmas season and anticipate Epiphany, we will spend time with the Magi in Matthew chapter 2. We will ask: what is the emotion, the tone of Christmas, in the stories themselves? Christmas is joyful, but it is not the full-blooded victory celebration of Easter Sunday. Rather the incarnation is whispered into the night. After all, the wise men slinked away, undercover, for fear of Herod. Christmas is a clandestine celebration. How can we enter into 2026 in this spirit? How can we journey into the coming year alert to the harmful ways of Herod, while whispering and embodying a different way?

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