EPISODE · Dec 10, 2023 · 22 MIN
The Innkeeper (A Non-Canonical Christmas, 1/3)
from Yes! We're Open: Living Faith with Needham UCC · host The Congregational Church of Needham
This Advent season, we're taking a look at famous Christmas characters who aren't actually in the Bible ("non-canonical"), but maybe should be. Centuries of Christian imagination have created the character of the Innkeeper, often depicted as grouchy or greedy or just plain mean. Who else would turn away Mary and Joseph in their state? Who would make them sleep in a stable? But perhaps we've been unfair, or uninformed. The story of the Innkeeper may strike closer to home than we'd care to imagine. (Revelation 3:20)Join us Sundays for worship, LIVE! on-site and online via Zoom @ 10am ET. Connect at www.NeedhamUCC.org.---The Congregational Church of Needham strives to be a justice-seeking, peace-making, love-affirming, LGBTQ-welcoming, radically-inclusive congregation of the United Church of Christ in Needham, MA.Church is the practice.Love is the point.
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This Advent season, we're taking a look at famous Christmas characters who aren't actually in the Bible ("non-canonical"), but maybe should be. Centuries of Christian imagination have created the character of the Innkeeper, often depicted as grouchy or greedy or just plain mean. Who else would turn away Mary and Joseph in their state? Who would make them sleep in a stable? But perhaps we've been unfair, or uninformed. The story of the Innkeeper may strike closer to home than we'd care to imag...
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