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What Does the Magi’s “Alternate Route” Teach Us About Justice and Worship Today? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  1
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  12
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  from
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  the
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  Message
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  Scholars
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  from
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  the
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  East
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  After
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  Jesus
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  was
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  born
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  in
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  Bethlehem
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  village,
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  Judah
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  territory
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  this
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  was
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  during
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  Herod's
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  kingship.
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  A
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  scholars
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  arrived
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  in
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  we
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  find
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  and
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  pay
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  homage
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  to
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  the
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  newborn
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  King
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  of
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  the
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  Jews?
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  We
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  observed
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  a
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  star
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  in
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  the
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  eastern
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  sky
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  that
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  signaled
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  his
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  birth.
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  We're
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  on
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  pilgrimage
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  to
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  worship
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  him.
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  When
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  word
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  of
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  their
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  inquiry
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  got
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  to
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  Herod,
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  he
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  was
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  terrified.
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  And
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  not
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  Herod
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  alone,
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  but
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  most
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  of
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  the
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  Jerusalem
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  as
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  well.
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  Herod
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  lost
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  no
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  time.
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  He
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  gathered
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  all
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  the
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  high
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  priests
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  and
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  religious
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  scholars
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  in
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  the
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  city
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  together
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  and
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  asked,
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  where
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  is
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  the
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  Messiah
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  supposed
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  to
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  be
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  born?
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  They
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  told
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  him,
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  Bethlehem,
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  Judah
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  territory.
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  The
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  prophet
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  Micah
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  wrote
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  it
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  plainly,
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  you
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  Bethlehem
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  in
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  Judah's
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  land,
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  no
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  longer
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  bringing
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  up
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  the
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  rear.
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  From
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  you
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  will
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  come
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  the
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  leader
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  who
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  were
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  shepherd
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  rule
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  my
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  people,
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  my
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  Israel.
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  Herod
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  then
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  arranged
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  a
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  secret
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  meeting
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  with
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  the
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  scholars
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  from
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  the
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  east.
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  Pretending
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  to
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  be
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  as
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  devout
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  as
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  they
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  were,
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  he
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  got
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  them
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  to
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  tell
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  them
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  exactly
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  where
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  the
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  birth
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  announcement
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  star
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  appeared.
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  Then
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  he
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  told
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  them
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  the
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  prophecy.
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  Then
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  he
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  told
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  them
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  the
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  prophecy
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  about
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  Bethlehem
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  and
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  said,
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  go
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  find
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  this
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  child.
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  Leave
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  no
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  stone
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  unturned.
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  As
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  soon
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  as
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  you
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  find
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  him,
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  send
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  word
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  and
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  I'll
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  join
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  you
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  at
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  once
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  in
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  your
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  worship.
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  Instructed
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  by
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  the
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  king,
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  they
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  sent
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  off.
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  Then
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  the
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  star
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  appeared
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  again,
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  and
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  the
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  same
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  star
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  they
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  had
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  seen
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  in
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  the
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  eastern
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  skies.
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  It
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  led
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  them
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  on
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  until
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  it
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  hovered
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  over
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  the
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  place
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  of
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  the
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  child.
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  They
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  could
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  hardly
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  contain
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  themselves.
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  They
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  were
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  in
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  the
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  right
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  place.
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  They
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  had
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  arrived
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  at
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  the
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  right
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  time.
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  They
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  entered
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  the
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  house
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  and
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  saw
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  the
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  child
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  in
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  the
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  arms
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  of
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  Mary,
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  his
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  mother.
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  Overcome,
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  they
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  kneeled
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  and
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  worshiped
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  him.
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  They
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  opened
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  their
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  luggage
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  and
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  presented
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  gifts
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  of
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  Gold,
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  frankincense,
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  myrrh.
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  In
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  a
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  dream,
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  they
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  were
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  warned
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  not
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  to
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  report
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  back
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  to
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  Herod.
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  So
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  they
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  worked
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  out
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  another
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  route,
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  left
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  the
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  territory
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  without
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  being
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  seen,
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  and
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  returned
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  to
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  their
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  own
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  country.
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  Well,
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  my
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  friend,
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  I'm
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  so
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  glad
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  you're
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  here.
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  That
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  concludes
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  the
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  reading
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  in
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  this
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  passage
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  from
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  the
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  message
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  the
• 3:13
  scholars
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  from
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  the
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  east
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  followed
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  a
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  star
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  met
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  Mary
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  and
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  the
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  child
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  Jesus
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  offered
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  gifts
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  and
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  then
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  after
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  a
• 3:20
  warning,
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  take
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  an
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  alternate
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  route
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  to
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  avoid
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  Herod
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  back
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  to
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  their
• 3:25
  homeland.
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  This
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  is
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  a
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  story
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  about
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  worship
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  that
• 3:28
  resists
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  harm,
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  wisdom
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  that
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  crosses
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  boundaries,
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  and
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  courage
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  that
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  listens
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  to
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  dreams.
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  Let's
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  get
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  into
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  some
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  points
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  to
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  ponder
• 3:38
  some
• 3:38
  teaching
• 3:39
  points
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  about
• 3:39
  this
• 3:39
  passage.
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  The
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  first
• 3:41
  one
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  is
• 3:42
  that
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  outsiders
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  lead
• 3:43
  the
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  way.
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  God's
• 3:44
  light
• 3:45
  is
• 3:45
  bigger
• 3:45
  than
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  our
• 3:46
  borders.
• 3:47
  The
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  first
• 3:48
  worshipers
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  were
• 3:49
  foreign
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  scholars,
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  not
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  local
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  elites.
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  Progressive
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  faith
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  recognizes
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  God
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  is
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  at
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  work
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  through
• 3:55
  people
• 3:55
  and
• 3:55
  traditions
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  beyond
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  our
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  own
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  circle.
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  Interfaith
• 3:59
  humility,
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  Immigrant
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  welcome
• 4:01
  and
• 4:02
  listening
• 4:02
  to
• 4:02
  wisdom
• 4:03
  from
• 4:03
  the
• 4:04
  east
• 4:05
  it's
• 4:05
  not
• 4:05
  a
• 4:05
  threat,
• 4:05
  it's
• 4:06
  a
• 4:06
  gift.
• 4:07
  I
• 4:07
  see
• 4:08
  this
• 4:08
  gift
• 4:08
  in
• 4:08
  my
• 4:09
  life
• 4:09
  in
• 4:09
  all
• 4:09
  kinds
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  ways,
• 4:10
  including
• 4:10
  when
• 4:11
  I
• 4:11
  have
• 4:11
  my
• 4:12
  cancer
• 4:12
  related
• 4:13
  podcast
• 4:14
  where
• 4:14
  hope
• 4:15
  and
• 4:15
  humor
• 4:15
  come
• 4:15
  together
• 4:16
  from
• 4:16
  all
• 4:16
  kinds
• 4:17
  of
• 4:17
  voices.
• 4:18
  Cancer
• 4:19
  is
• 4:20
  no
• 4:20
  respecter
• 4:21
  of
• 4:21
  anything
• 4:21
  else.
• 4:22
  It
• 4:22
  goes
• 4:23
  across
• 4:23
  all
• 4:23
  kinds
• 4:24
  of
• 4:24
  boundaries
• 4:24
  and
• 4:24
  barriers.
• 4:26
  Same
• 4:26
  way
• 4:26
  here
• 4:26
  in
• 4:27
  this
• 4:27
  case.
• 4:27
  Here
• 4:28
  the
• 4:28
  visitors,
• 4:29
  the
• 4:29
  wise
• 4:29
  men
• 4:29
  from
• 4:30
  the
• 4:30
  east,
• 4:31
  learn
• 4:31
  to
• 4:32
  spot
• 4:32
  the
• 4:32
  star
• 4:33
  T
• 4:33
  together
• 4:34
  along
• 4:35
  with
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  others.
• 4:37
  A
• 4:37
  second
• 4:38
  point
• 4:38
  to
• 4:38
  ponder
• 4:38
  is
• 4:39
  worship
• 4:39
  that
• 4:39
  protects
• 4:40
  the
• 4:40
  vulnerable
• 4:41
  is
• 4:41
  worship
• 4:42
  God
• 4:42
  wants.
• 4:44
  Herod
• 4:44
  pretends
• 4:45
  piety
• 4:45
  but
• 4:46
  aims
• 4:46
  to
• 4:46
  harm.
• 4:47
  The
• 4:47
  scholars
• 4:48
  refused
• 4:48
  to
• 4:49
  cooperate.
• 4:49
  They
• 4:50
  chose
• 4:50
  an
• 4:50
  alternate
• 4:51
  route
• 4:52
  and
• 4:52
  Progressive
• 4:53
  faith
• 4:53
  reads
• 4:53
  this
• 4:54
  as
• 4:55
  civil
• 4:55
  courage.
• 4:56
  We
• 4:57
  don't
• 4:57
  feed
• 4:58
  systems
• 4:58
  that
• 4:58
  endanger
• 4:59
  children,
• 4:59
  families
• 5:00
  or
• 5:00
  communities.
• 5:01
  Real
• 5:01
  devotion
• 5:02
  puts
• 5:02
  bodies
• 5:03
  and
• 5:03
  well
• 5:03
  being
• 5:03
  first,
• 5:04
  and
• 5:04
  policy
• 5:05
  and
• 5:05
  advocacy
• 5:06
  at
• 5:06
  Practical
• 5:07
  Care.
• 5:08
  At
• 5:08
  my
• 5:08
  house,
• 5:09
  this
• 5:09
  takes
• 5:09
  on
• 5:09
  small
• 5:10
  acts,
• 5:11
  showing
• 5:11
  up
• 5:12
  with
• 5:14
  be
• 5:14
  helpful
• 5:14
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• 5:15
  food
• 5:15
  for
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  neighbor,
• 5:16
  sitting
• 5:17
  with
• 5:17
  someone
• 5:17
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• 5:18
  treatment,
• 5:19
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• 5:19
  making
• 5:19
  a
• 5:19
  phone
• 5:20
  call
• 5:20
  or
• 5:20
  a
• 5:20
  Facebook
• 5:21
  post
• 5:21
  that
• 5:21
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• 5:22
  resources
• 5:22
  reach
• 5:23
  those
• 5:24
  in
• 5:24
  need.
• 5:25
  Another
• 5:26
  point
• 5:26
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• 5:26
  ponder
• 5:26
  is
• 5:27
  to
• 5:27
  bring
• 5:28
  gifts
• 5:28
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• 5:28
  serve
• 5:28
  the
• 5:29
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• 5:29
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• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
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• 5:31
  Gold,
• 5:32
  frankincense,
• 5:33
  myrrh
• 5:34
  were
• 5:34
  costly
• 5:35
  and
• 5:35
  symbolic,
• 5:36
  but
• 5:36
  also
• 5:37
  likely
• 5:37
  practical
• 5:38
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• 5:38
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• 5:39
  family
• 5:39
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• 5:39
  to
• 5:39
  travel.
• 5:41
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• 5:42
  faith
• 5:43
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• 5:43
  what
• 5:44
  gifts
• 5:44
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• 5:45
  people
• 5:45
  get
• 5:46
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• 5:47
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• 5:47
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• 5:48
  our
• 5:48
  money,
• 5:48
  our
• 5:49
  votes
• 5:49
  and
• 5:49
  our
• 5:50
  skills
• 5:51
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• 5:51
  for
• 5:51
  impressing
• 5:52
  kings.
• 5:53
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• 5:53
  for
• 5:53
  sustaining
• 5:54
  real
• 5:54
  life.
• 5:55
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• 5:56
  my
• 5:56
  wife
• 5:56
  and
• 5:56
  I
• 5:56
  love
• 5:56
  to
• 5:57
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• 5:57
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• 5:57
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• 5:57
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• 5:57
  for
• 5:57
  instance.
• 5:58
  And
• 5:59
  we
• 5:59
  love
• 6:00
  and
• 6:00
  we
• 6:00
  love
• 6:00
  to
• 6:01
  be
• 6:01
  in
• 6:01
  places
• 6:01
  where
• 6:01
  there
• 6:02
  is
• 6:02
  shared
• 6:03
  energy
• 6:04
  for
• 6:05
  nature.
• 6:06
  And
• 6:07
  so
• 6:07
  we
• 6:08
  understand
• 6:08
  that
• 6:08
  that
• 6:09
  is
• 6:09
  a
• 6:09
  shared
• 6:09
  thing
• 6:09
  for
• 6:10
  all
• 6:10
  people.
• 6:10
  It's
• 6:11
  not
• 6:11
  for
• 6:11
  ego,
• 6:12
  it
• 6:12
  is
• 6:12
  to
• 6:12
  be
• 6:13
  shared.
• 6:13
  That's
• 6:13
  why
• 6:13
  there's
• 6:13
  parks
• 6:14
  and
• 6:14
  preserves
• 6:14
  that
• 6:14
  help
• 6:15
  people
• 6:15
  to
• 6:15
  enjoy
• 6:15
  those
• 6:16
  things.
• 6:17
  Let's
• 6:18
  talk
• 6:18
  now
• 6:18
  about
• 6:18
  an
• 6:18
  action
• 6:19
  step
• 6:19
  for
• 6:19
  this
• 6:19
  week.
• 6:21
  Practice
• 6:23
  the
• 6:23
  alternative
• 6:23
  route.
• 6:25
  Identify
• 6:25
  a
• 6:26
  place
• 6:26
  where
• 6:26
  harm
• 6:26
  or
• 6:26
  fear
• 6:27
  is
• 6:27
  baked
• 6:27
  into
• 6:27
  the
• 6:28
  status
• 6:28
  quo,
• 6:29
  a
• 6:30
  conversation
• 6:30
  that
• 6:31
  gossips
• 6:31
  or
• 6:32
  a
• 6:32
  policy
• 6:32
  that
• 6:32
  excludes
• 6:34
  or
• 6:34
  a
• 6:34
  need
• 6:35
  that
• 6:35
  is
• 6:35
  being
• 6:35
  unmet
• 6:37
  and
• 6:37
  choose
• 6:38
  some
• 6:39
  small
• 6:39
  concrete
• 6:41
  way
• 6:41
  to
• 6:43
  support
• 6:44
  that
• 6:44
  is
• 6:44
  cooperate
• 6:46
  with
• 6:46
  these
• 6:47
  acts
• 6:47
  of
• 6:47
  non
• 6:48
  cooperation
• 6:48
  with
• 6:49
  acts
• 6:49
  of
• 6:50
  cooperation
• 6:51
  things
• 6:52
  for
• 6:52
  good.
• 6:53
  Redirect
• 6:54
  a
• 6:54
  conversation
• 6:55
  with
• 6:55
  dignity.
• 6:56
  Email
• 6:57
  your
• 6:57
  representative
• 6:58
  about
• 6:58
  some
• 6:58
  harm
• 6:59
  that
• 6:59
  is
• 6:59
  being
• 6:59
  done
• 7:00
  that
• 7:01
  do
• 7:01
  what
• 7:01
  you
• 7:01
  can
• 7:02
  to
• 7:02
  protect
• 7:02
  vulnerable
• 7:03
  families.
• 7:04
  Donate
• 7:05
  to
• 7:05
  a
• 7:05
  food
• 7:05
  bank
• 7:05
  or
• 7:06
  a
• 7:06
  clothes
• 7:06
  closet
• 7:07
  for
• 7:08
  there
• 7:08
  or
• 7:09
  offer
• 7:09
  some
• 7:09
  aid
• 7:09
  to
• 7:10
  refugee
• 7:10
  groups
• 7:11
  for
• 7:12
  people
• 7:12
  who
• 7:12
  are
• 7:12
  dis
• 7:14
  who
• 7:14
  are
• 7:14
  disconnected
• 7:15
  from
• 7:15
  their
• 7:16
  homes
• 7:17
  or
• 7:17
  set
• 7:17
  up
• 7:17
  a
• 7:17
  meal
• 7:18
  training
• 7:18
  or
• 7:18
  some
• 7:18
  other
• 7:19
  way
• 7:19
  to
• 7:19
  help
• 7:19
  someone
• 7:19
  who's
• 7:20
  going
• 7:20
  through
• 7:20
  cancer
• 7:20
  treatment.
• 7:21
  Keep
• 7:22
  it
• 7:22
  tangible,
• 7:22
  keep
• 7:23
  it
• 7:23
  local
• 7:23
  and
• 7:23
  keep
• 7:24
  it
• 7:24
  kind.
• 7:27
  We're
• 7:27
  going
• 7:27
  to
• 7:27
  come
• 7:28
  back
• 7:28
  and
• 7:29
  have
• 7:29
  a
• 7:29
  prayer
• 7:29
  here
• 7:29
  in
• 7:30
  just
• 7:30
  a
• 7:30
  minute,
• 7:30
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• 7:31
  I
• 7:31
  want
• 7:31
  you
• 7:31
  to
• 7:31
  know
• 7:31
  that
• 7:31
  we
• 7:31
  who
• 7:31
  do
• 7:32
  have
• 7:32
  a
• 7:32
  resource
• 7:32
  for
• 7:32
  you
• 7:33
  called
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
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• 7:33
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• 7:34
  Bible
• 7:34
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• 7:35
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• 7:36
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• 7:36
  love
• 7:36
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• 7:36
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• 7:36
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• 7:36
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• 7:36
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• 7:37
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• 7:37
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• 7:40
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• 7:41
  pray.
• 7:42
  O
• 7:42
  God
• 7:43
  of
• 7:43
  starlight
• 7:44
  and
• 7:44
  safe
• 7:44
  routes,
• 7:45
  teach
• 7:45
  us
• 7:46
  to
• 7:46
  spot
• 7:46
  your
• 7:47
  light
• 7:48
  in
• 7:48
  unexpected
• 7:49
  places
• 7:50
  and
• 7:50
  people.
• 7:51
  Give
• 7:51
  us
• 7:52
  courage
• 7:52
  to
• 7:52
  worship
• 7:53
  you
• 7:53
  by
• 7:53
  protecting
• 7:54
  the
• 7:54
  vulnerable
• 7:55
  with
• 7:55
  our
• 7:55
  gifts,
• 7:56
  our
• 7:56
  choices
• 7:56
  and
• 7:57
  our
• 7:57
  voices.
• 7:58
  When
• 7:58
  power
• 7:59
  pretends
• 8:00
  piety,
• 8:00
  help
• 8:00
  us
• 8:00
  to
• 8:00
  take
• 8:01
  the
• 8:01
  alternative
• 8:01
  route
• 8:02
  and
• 8:02
  guide
• 8:02
  our
• 8:03
  feet
• 8:03
  toward
• 8:04
  justice
• 8:04
  and
• 8:04
  mercy.
• 8:06
  Be
• 8:06
  close
• 8:08
  to
• 8:08
  those
• 8:08
  who
• 8:08
  are
• 8:08
  navigating
• 8:09
  illness
• 8:09
  and
• 8:10
  treatments
• 8:10
  on
• 8:10
  long
• 8:11
  nights.
• 8:12
  Let
• 8:12
  hope
• 8:12
  arrive
• 8:13
  through
• 8:13
  presence
• 8:13
  and
• 8:14
  meals
• 8:14
  and
• 8:14
  gentle
• 8:14
  humor.
• 8:15
  Bless
• 8:16
  our
• 8:16
  families,
• 8:17
  our
• 8:17
  neighborhoods
• 8:18
  and
• 8:19
  the
• 8:19
  trails
• 8:20
  that
• 8:20
  we
• 8:20
  walk.
• 8:21
  Remind
• 8:22
  us
• 8:22
  that
• 8:22
  joy
• 8:22
  is
• 8:22
  a
• 8:23
  compass
• 8:24
  that
• 8:24
  we
• 8:24
  can
• 8:24
  trust.
• 8:26
  Amen.
• 8:32
  My
• 8:32
  friend.
• 8:32
  I
• 8:33
  am
• 8:33
  delighted
• 8:34
  you
• 8:34
  you
• 8:34
  chose
• 8:35
  to
• 8:35
  join
• 8:35
  me
• 8:35
  for
• 8:35
  today's
• 8:36
  reading.
• 8:37
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• 8:37
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• 8:38
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• 8:39
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• 8:39
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• 8:40
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• 8:41
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• 8:42
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
  a
• 8:44
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• 8:44
  way
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  getting
• 8:45
  the
• 8:45
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• 8:45
  word
• 8:46
  of
• 8:46
  God
• 8:46
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• 8:47
  a
• 8:47
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• 8:48
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• 8:49
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• 8:49
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• 9:01
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• 9:02
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• 9:02
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• 9:02
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• 9:02
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
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• 9:03
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• 9:04
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• 9:13
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• 9:13
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• 9:14
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• 9:14
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• 9:14
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• 9:15
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• 9:15
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• 9:16
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• 9:16
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• 9:17
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• 9:17
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• 9:18
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• 9:18
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• 9:19
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• 9:20
  every
• 9:20
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• 9:26
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