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Remember Who Gathered on the Holiest Night

Visitors to the King’s birth hint at a different kind of kingdom.
“And there were shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks at night.” At Christmas, we make much of the birth of Jesus. It is interesting, then, that when you turn to the pages of the gospels, details of his birth are scant. Mark avoids it completely, happy to jump straight to Jesus’ public ministry. Matthew dwells mostly on the psychological state and character of

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This story is from Common Good issue 10.
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