December 28, 2025. First Sunday after Christmas Day. Year A.
After Mary treasures and ponders in Luke, Matthew introduces us to a Joseph who dreams. There are two dreams in this passage, and Joseph is warned by an angel in both of them. Here is a side of Christmas we often pass over for its intense dangers and communal laments. But the threats to Jesus and his family mirror the contemporary dangers immigrants and asylum seekers experience today. Nevertheless, the good news is that God works through both our waking and dreaming to undermine the plots of the wicked and make a way where once there was no way.
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Mack Dennis
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