Advent 2022 #24: Slaves and Sandals

I don't think I currently own a pair of sandals. In Australia, we're more inclined to wear thongs (also known as flip-flops... or jandals for the New Zealanders). Regardless, the summer shoes I wear are not what I would call sophisticated. Or clean. Or holy. They're just the scummy footwear I throw on to take …

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Advent 2022 #23: Even the who?

Yesterday I blogged about gaseous mangoes being redeemable in line with John the Baptist's instruction to Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. A few verses later in Luke, we're introduced to who was considered the most 'off' in the mind of the ancient Jews. It was the tax collectors. Read this evaluative language from Luke …

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