Sermon: December 20, 2020 – Luke 1: 26-45 – Advent IV
One of my favourite things about the Nativity narratives in the gospels, is the special role played by those outside the formal power structures: shepherds were considered uncouth and untrustworthy, yet according to Luke they were the first witnesses to the Christ child; the Magi were scholars, perhaps even nobility, but they not from Judea. They were from a different land and a different religious tradition, yet according to Matthew were drawn by God to bear homage to the newborn …
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