While most essays about Advent focus on anticipating the peace, love, joy, and hope that the birth of Creator’s Son inspires, I
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In many ex-colonies and countries masquerading as free, the prevailing belief is that European colonialism’s chief aim was to spread Christianity. But in some places, being Christian has been ironically recast as a betrayal of the homeland—a symbol of colonial
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Today we live in a world where people from all countries experience the need for resettlement. For some, migration stands for an opportunity to find a better life beyond their country of origin. For others, it becomes a desperate need to leave oppressive conditions of warfare, or despotic governments. Yet
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As we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is appropriate to reflect on the Gospel of John’s prologue, as it addresses the existence and incarnation of the Word. This passage places Jesus not only in the historical context of first-century Palestine—where oppressed Jews struggled under Roman imperial
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In many ex-colonies and countries masquerading as free, the prevailing belief is that European colonialism’s chief aim was to spread Christianity. But in some places, being Christian has been ironically recast as a betrayal of the homeland—a symbol of colonial oppression. Kandhamal, India stands as a grim reminder of this
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