nativity Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/nativity/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:24:45 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 nativity Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/nativity/ 32 32 116298986 Praying the Prayers of the Nativity: a daily rhythm https://mikefrost.net/praying-the-prayers-of-the-nativity-a-daily-rhythm/ https://mikefrost.net/praying-the-prayers-of-the-nativity-a-daily-rhythm/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:55:52 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=29258 As we get caught up in retelling the Christmas story, it’s easy to overlook the prayers of the nativity. Yes, the prayers. In the Gospel According to Luke, the narrative is punctuated at various points with beautiful, ancient prayers, expressions of praise and worship and wonder, delivered by people like Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon. And […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/praying-the-prayers-of-the-nativity-a-daily-rhythm/feed/ 0 29258 Four paintings for the four weeks of Advent https://mikefrost.net/four-paintings-for-the-four-weeks-of-advent/ https://mikefrost.net/four-paintings-for-the-four-weeks-of-advent/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:16:31 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28317 It will soon be Advent, the most beautiful of church seasons, celebrated over the four Sundays preceding Christmas. You might not be part of a liturgical church tradition, but marking each Sunday with a reading and the lighting of a candle can be a rich way to prepare yourself, your family, your congregation for the […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/four-paintings-for-the-four-weeks-of-advent/feed/ 10 28317 Which Christ are you trying to keep in Christmas exactly? https://mikefrost.net/christ-trying-keep-christmas-exactly/ https://mikefrost.net/christ-trying-keep-christmas-exactly/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:16:10 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=27376 Why is it that the people most likely to demand that we “keep Christ in Christmas” seem to know so little about the historical birth of Jesus! If they did, they would have no sentimental attachment to traditional nativity scenes and they definitely wouldn’t want to have them placed in centers of commercialism like shopping […]

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