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Dec 2022
Underoos! Bob Stillerman Christmas Eve, 12/24/2022 Underoos 12-24-2022 You may find it silly, but I can’t think about Christmas without thinking about Superman. And I can’t think about Christmas and Superman without thinking about Underoos!!! Do y’all know what Underoos are?!? In 1977, someone got the bright idea to make Superhero-themed t-shirts and underpants. Fruit of Loom loved it, and the next thing you know, millions upon millions of little boys and little girls were clad in undergarments that resembled the outfits of Superman, Super Girl, Wonder Woman, Bat Man, and Captain......
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Dec 2021
In Luke’s Gospel, Emmanuel comes into the world in a manger, runs back into it from a pigsty, resurrects as a stranger on the Emmaus Road, and visits all the margins of life in a forgotten Galilee. But whether child, or outcast, or stranger, Emmanuel is received by mamas and daddies, sisters and brothers, friends, kindred, all, with outstretched arms, ready to embrace God’s presence. There is a whole world out there ready to live out kin-dom moments by simply modeling the radical hospitality of Jesus....
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Dec 2019
Christmas in the Crook of Our Arms Christmas Eve Homily Bob Stillerman Sardis Baptist Church Luke 2:1-20 12-24-2019 Christmas Homily 2019 Luke’s birth narrative has captured our imagination for two millennia. And to be honest, the story is SO intriguing, it’s hard to decide which detail is the best. Senior citizens, who have been faithful and righteous their whole lives, become first-time parents, and to an important messenger, nonetheless. Meanwhile, their teenage cousin learns that she too will become a first-time mother. And her son is also special: he’s the long-awaited messiah.......
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Dec 2016
a-christmas-creation A Christmas Creation Bob Stillerman Homily for Sardis Baptist Church 12/24/2016 Luke 2:1-20 Genesis One tells us that God tamed the great chaos monster, and ordered for us a world of beauty and abundance. Our story begins: In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. Too often, I believe we allow......
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