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Songs in Waiting: Spiritual Reflections on Christ’s Birth is unavailable, but you can change that!

Inspiring reflection and a sense of wonder along the faith journey of Advent, Songs in Waiting is a book of spiritual meditations focusing on the ancient Middle Eastern songs celebrating the birth of Jesus: “The Song of Mary,” “The Song of Zecharias,” “The Song of the Angels,” and “The Song of Simeon.” These four songs, full of hope, mystery, and divine purpose, have played an important role in...

What was this message that the angels were bringing from God all about? “Glory to God in the highest!” they sing. The word “glory” in Hebrew comes from a root word that means “weighty,” indicating that their message was of tremendous importance. “Glory” was a word used by the Jews at that time as an attempt to describe the very nature of God. Throughout the Scriptures “glory” largely refers to the “display of God’s character,” implying a disclosure by God of who God is: an expression
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