Sleep, Dreamer

some end-of-Advent thoughts on Joseph's place in Matthew's nativity

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I spoke this past Sunday, the last in Advent (the Gospel reading was Mt. 1:18-25), and since then I’ve been chewing on the story, marveling at Matthew’s telling of it. Over the years, we’ve internalized a version of Christmas events that papers over or blots out the details of the text itself. But when you read it closely, Matthew’s nativity turns out …