Dress Up

Scripture: Luke 2:41-52, Colossians 3:12-17

It’s Christmas-tide, and so we get a rare story of Jesus growing up, and wonder how he learned to be himself, and to hear God’s call on his life. Identity development and deepening never truly stops, though, and like the ancient church at Colossae, we wonder how we might try on new gifts, clothing ourselves in the Spirit as we discover who we truly are as a people of God, and as we share that gift with the world.

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