Advent 4: Joseph

Matthew 1:18-25 "This season we wonder what it means for us to honor tradition in ways that are forward-looking, risk-taking, bold, courageous, and, above all, following the beckoning lead of God? That’s how Matthew means for us to read the Christmas story and all of the Jesus story. How do we weave a path forward that honors and serves the God we know in scripture and tradition without getting caught up in minutiae and the letter of the law, without being so fearfully tied to traditions of the past and even the present that we don’t dare look forward."