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Emmy Kegler

queer Christian, wife, mama, pastor.

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Category Archives: Worship

Litany Settings for Easter Vigil Readings

Call & response versions of some of our favorite stories

Posted byEmmy KeglerApril 3, 2023March 11, 2025Posted inProjects, Worship, WritingTags:Easter, Easter Vigil, holy week

A Holiday for the Suffering:  Today’s Nativity

At the heart of the Christmas story is a story of God’s total embodiment into suffering. God was not born into grandeur and palaces, but to an unwed mother sleeping in a stable and fleeing a murderous king. Christmas, at its core, is a holiday for the suffering.

Posted byEmmy KeglerDecember 22, 2016December 7, 2022Posted inChristmas, Commentary, Projects, Worship, WritingTags:blue christmas, Christmas, longest night

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