Mixed Blessings (Part 2) | Jake Haber

Join us for Part 2 of our "Mixed Blessings" series as we explore the mixed blessing of our shiny, red noses. Like Rudolph, we all have things that make us special - yet the world will often tell us to hide our light. One aspect of the spiritual journey is rediscovering and reclaiming these parts of ourselves.

 

Quotes:

 

James Baldwin:

"It is necessary, while in darkness, to know that there is a light somewhere, to know that in oneself, waiting to be found, there is a light.”

 

Matthew 2: 13-14, 19-23:

“After the wise men left, a messenger of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.

Messenger of the Lord (to Joseph): Get up, take the child and His mother, and head to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you it is safe to leave. For Herod understands that Jesus threatens him and all he stands for. He is planning to search for the child and kill Him. But you will be safe in Egypt.14 So Joseph got up in the middle of the night; he bundled up Mary and Jesus, and they left for Egypt.

And after Herod died, a messenger of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt:

Messenger of the Lord: You may go home now. Take the child and His mother and go back to the land of Israel, for the people who were trying to take the child’s life are now dead. So Joseph got up and took Mary and Jesus and returned to the land of Israel. Soon he learned that Archelaus, Herod’s oldest and notoriously brutal son, was ruling Judea. Archelaus might not be any friendlier than Herod had been. Joseph was simply afraid. He had another dream, and in this dream, he was warned away from Judea; so Joseph decided to settle up north in a district called Galilee, in a town called Nazareth.”

 

Leonard Cohen:

“Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering, there's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.”