Tag: jesus-as-precocious

  • Preaching Paths 29 December 2024 First Sunday after Christmas, Year C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Implicit in today’s Gospel text, Luke 2:41-52, is a richly textured tapestry of sound. We begin in Jerusalem’s narrow streets, filled with Passover pilgrims. Shouted greetings to friends not seen for twelve months mix with congenial haggling in the market stalls. At dusk, the intoned chanting of…