![]() ![]() It’s friendships that pick right up after a long absence, and you don’t miss a beat – as if you’ve never been apart. It’s the patience in your eyes that says, “Tell me all about it. It’s you laughing *at* me with such kindness that I can begin to laugh at myself too. I give you this gift today – real life, lived examples of what it means to receive Grace upon Grace: Some of these are my own – others sent to me by friends helping a friend write a sermon – which is itself Grace upon Grace. The hope is that by reading these graces upon graces, grace might be sparked in you – that you might be able to see it and hear it and recognize it when it comes your way and name it for what it is: Grace upon Grace and Gift upon Gift. Someone asked me to share what I had said, and I thought others might appreciate having it in writing. (verse 16) I began to ponder – what does that even mean? It is such a lovely abstract thought, but I needed something concrete to hold on to in this new year. One verse caught my attention: From his fullness, we have all received, grace upon grace. ![]() ![]() John presents a layered telling of the birth of Jesus the Christ. The first 18 verses of John 1 is John’s theological rendering of the birth of Jesus. Last Sunday I preached from the first chapter of the Gospel of John. ![]()
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