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Mary and Christmas carols in Africa

Leave a Comment / Daily Dad / December 10, 2015 / 2015, Christmas carolling, Mary, our Ugandan home, the first Christmas, Ugandan children / 3 minutes of reading

‘Where does everyone go at Christmas?’ I asked, and all the African kids yelled ‘Home!’ and that’s how it started, a brief word shared last night from the front of our own home where a few dozen carollers, mostly Ugandans, gathered. It was our annual contribution to Christmas things here at the university that we’ve […]

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Mary, did you know?

1 Comment / Daily Dad / December 24, 2013 / 2013, Christmas reading, Christmas reflections, God's mystery, Mary, Mary and Joseph, The Christchild, the first Christmas, the incarnation, the Nativity / 5 minutes of reading

She kept all these things in her heart. This is what the ancient Scripture tell us. Mary kept these things in her heart, and she pondered it all. She pondered that the shepherds came to her and Joseph and their newborn to see with their very eyes; pondered the astounding news that angels had somehow

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