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[3451.44 --> 3481.44] Good morning, you're in the |
[3481.44 --> 3511.42] and you're in the sky, you're in the |
[3511.86 --> 3513.52] and you're in the sky, you're in the low wind, and thank you. |
[3513.52 --> 3518.40] And thank you, I'm in the middle of the stairs, and you're in the edge of the circus, and you're in the sky, and you're in the sans They're in the sky, and you're in theים. |
[3518.40 --> 3527.04] Dear Jesus, incarnate Christ, Emmanuel, God with us, |
[3527.92 --> 3531.24] though centuries have passed since your incarnation and birth, |
[3531.48 --> 3537.00] we echo the words of the fourth century poet Prudentius in his work of the Father's love begotten, |
[3537.42 --> 3538.16] when he writes, |
[3538.92 --> 3540.56] O that birth forever blessed, |
[3541.28 --> 3546.80] when the Virgin full of grace by the Holy Ghost conceiving for the Savior of our race, |
[3546.80 --> 3553.66] and the babe, the world's Redeemer, first revealed his sacred face evermore and evermore. |
[3554.88 --> 3557.38] Your birth is the greatest Christmas gift. |
[3558.54 --> 3561.36] Because of your birth, we have hope and joy, |
[3562.10 --> 3565.22] knowing that you are faithful to your covenantal promises. |
[3566.74 --> 3571.88] Because of your birth, we have a Savior who knows our weaknesses and struggles. |
[3571.88 --> 3579.52] Because of your birth, we have become part of a different, better story as your adopted children. |
[3580.68 --> 3584.92] Because of your birth, we are no longer slaves to sin and death. |
[3585.60 --> 3588.68] Rather, we are free to serve and love. |
[3589.78 --> 3593.12] Because of your birth, we have peace and love. |
[3593.12 --> 3599.34] And yet, we wait in this already-not-yet world, |
[3599.76 --> 3602.50] where we still mourn the loss of loved ones, |
[3603.12 --> 3604.88] particularly on days like today. |
[3606.12 --> 3610.54] Where we still grieve injustices around the world and in our neighborhoods. |
[3611.48 --> 3614.86] Where we still experience sickness and pain. |
[3614.86 --> 3618.88] And where we still often accept the world's story, |
[3619.78 --> 3625.44] attempting to satisfy our heart's desire with lesser lights than you, the light of the world. |
[3627.22 --> 3632.16] Strengthen our faith, opening our eyes to the true beauty of your truth. |
[3633.00 --> 3637.96] And comfort our hearts with your presence and your promises yet to be fulfilled. |
[3637.96 --> 3641.74] O ye heights of heaven, adore him. |
[3642.32 --> 3644.34] Angel hosts, his praises sing. |
[3645.02 --> 3647.20] Powers, dominions, bow before him. |
[3647.64 --> 3649.54] And extol our God and King. |
[3650.26 --> 3652.28] Let no tongue on earth be silent. |
[3652.88 --> 3654.64] Every voice in concert sing. |
[3655.28 --> 3657.08] Evermore and evermore. |
[3659.10 --> 3662.10] While our world is yet filled with the rage of nations, |
[3662.78 --> 3666.56] your birth has inaugurated a new everlasting kingdom. |
[3666.56 --> 3669.92] As citizens of this divine kingdom, |
[3670.48 --> 3675.78] we know that your power is made perfect in weakness, service, and humility. |
[3676.92 --> 3681.54] May we adore you and praise you by being your body here on earth. |
[3682.46 --> 3686.10] Loving you wholeheartedly and loving others without measure. |
[3687.38 --> 3691.16] May we share the good news of your birth and redemptive work. |
[3691.16 --> 3697.56] May we be a community of believers that is salt and light in a world that needs you so deeply. |
[3699.32 --> 3708.62] Sustain us by your spirit as we strive to bring the hope, joy, peace, and love of your incarnation to the world. |
[3708.62 --> 3712.58] Christ to thee with God the Father, |
[3713.30 --> 3715.06] and O Holy Ghost to thee, |
[3715.78 --> 3720.18] hymn and chant with high thanksgiving and unwearied praises be. |
[3721.10 --> 3726.68] Honor, glory, and dominion, and eternal victory evermore and evermore. |
[3726.68 --> 3731.00] We eagerly await your return, our glorious King. |
[3731.58 --> 3733.32] Come again soon, Lord Jesus. |
[3734.36 --> 3734.70] Amen. |
[3734.70 --> 3734.80] Amen. |
[3734.80 --> 3734.84] Amen. |
[3734.84 --> 3734.86] Amen. |
[3734.86 --> 3734.90] Amen. |
[3734.90 --> 3734.94] Amen. |
[3734.94 --> 3734.96] Amen. |
[3734.96 --> 3735.00] Amen. |
[3735.00 --> 3737.00] Amen. |
[3737.00 --> 3739.00] Amen. |
[3739.00 --> 3741.00] Amen. |
[3741.00 --> 3743.00] Amen. |
[3743.00 --> 3745.00] Amen. |
[3756.68 --> 3777.72] Amen. |
[3777.72 --> 3779.08] Amen. |
[3779.08 --> 3780.32] Amen. |
[3780.32 --> 3780.38] Amen. |
[3780.96 --> 3781.28] Amen. |
[3781.50 --> 3782.36] Amen. |
[3782.36 --> 3782.82] Amen. |
[3783.24 --> 3783.36] Amen. |
[3783.36 --> 3784.50] Amen. |
[3784.50 --> 3784.94] Amen. |
[3784.94 --> 3785.56] Amen. |
[3785.56 --> 3785.64] Amen. |
[3785.88 --> 3786.56] Amen. |
[3786.56 --> 3796.94] as we get there. Before we get into this text, let me start with a story. When I was younger, |
[3797.36 --> 3806.20] a kid, one of my favorite movies, and that is still full of nostalgia and memory for me, |
[3806.20 --> 3814.36] is the story or the movie called The Never-Ending Story. Now, if you were born in the 80s, |
[3814.36 --> 3820.54] you might know it. If you weren't, you might not have any idea who that was or what movie that was |
[3820.54 --> 3827.82] because it seemed to disappear for a little while. But it's about a boy who finds a magical book, |
[3828.20 --> 3837.14] and as he begins to read this story, hiding in the attic space of a building, we shift perspectives |
[3837.14 --> 3844.34] into that story. And then every once in a while, you bounce out of the story he's reading back to |
[3844.36 --> 3849.96] the boy in the main drama, and there's a storm that's happening that seems to parallel, a storm |
[3849.96 --> 3857.96] that's happening in the story that he's reading. And as you go through the movie, what you begin to |
[3857.96 --> 3868.46] realize is that his reading of the book and his participation in its reading is creating the world |
[3868.46 --> 3876.38] as he's going. And he has to, at the end, call out the name of the princess in order to save the world |
[3876.38 --> 3885.94] inside of the never-ending story. It's this beautiful, like, story within a story. Now, if you haven't seen |
[3885.94 --> 3892.06] it, I do entirely recommend it, but I do warn you, it is like 80s stereotypical storytelling. |
[3892.06 --> 3902.26] But this type of story is called a nested story, or sometimes it's called an embedded story, or a |
[3902.26 --> 3909.68] frame story. Maybe you're familiar with another famous 80s film, The Princess Bride. Same sort of |
[3909.68 --> 3917.60] idea, right, where Peter Falk reads a version of the story to Fred Savage, his grandson's character. |
[3917.60 --> 3926.40] If you're more literary in your life, the story of the Grand Inquisitor within Dostoyevsky's |
[3926.40 --> 3935.34] Brothers Karamazov is another frame story. Now, I introduce this because I want us today to think |
[3935.34 --> 3947.48] of the Christmas story as three stories nested together that forms one grand story. Now, the image |
[3947.48 --> 3953.46] I'm going to use for us, and we can put it on screen, is that of nesting dolls. Maybe you're familiar |
[3953.46 --> 3958.50] with Russian nesting dolls, where the littlest one fits inside the next one, which fits inside the next |
[3958.50 --> 3969.38] one. That's how I want us today to think of the Christmas story. Because the reality is, right, in our |
[3969.38 --> 3976.66] world, we can so easily focus on the first doll, which, fittingly, on the baby Jesus story, |
[3976.66 --> 3985.78] and we become, like, I can't remember his name all of a sudden, Talladega Nights, right, who just loves |
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