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Christmas can be a time of great confusion for many Christians. Just as children inevitably question if Santa Claus could really travel around the whole world in one night on a sleigh led by flying reindeer; similarly our adult intellect questions how a baby could be born from a virgin, if God guides us using stars, and whether heavenly angels bring messages to us.
In "The Magic of Myth" Bishop Spong leads us to see how just as children move beyond the literal story of Santa Claus to a view of Santa as a personification of the spirit of joy and giving; similarly in looking beyond the literal Christmas story we are opened to new and expanding views of Jesus. |
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