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Emmy Kegler

queer Christian, wife, mama, pastor.

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Tag Archives: Christmas

a messy first Christmas

One of my favorite things right now is dwelling in the messiness of the first Christmas.

Posted byEmmy KeglerDecember 6, 2023December 6, 2023Posted inChristmasTags:Christmas, Nativity

Custom Infographics for Christ the King and Advent

I’ve created infographics about Christ the King and Advent for Facebook and Instagram free for any church or leader to re-share from my channel onto their own social media. I’m also offering paid customization options!

Posted byEmmy KeglerNovember 16, 2023November 16, 2023Posted inChristmasTags:Advent, Canva, Christ the King, Christmas

Family Plans: a poem for the longest night

I want it known I had a plan.
And this — this was not the plan.
The plan was small and simple and concrete: 
a good life, a righteous life, a quiet life.
Now the plan is seven pounds of impossible weight 
and screaming.

Posted byEmmy KeglerDecember 22, 2022October 23, 2023Posted inChristmasTags:Christmas, Joseph

O Come O Come Emmanuel (Alternative Lyrics)

Rejoice! rejoice! Take heart and do not fear; God’s chosen one, Emmanuel, draws near.

Posted byEmmy KeglerDecember 7, 2022December 7, 2022Posted inChristmasTags:Advent, Christmas, Isaiah 40

How the Grinch Learned the Magnificat

All the Whos down in Whoville loved the Magnificat, but the Grinch, still learning his lesson, did NOT.

Posted byEmmy KeglerDecember 2, 2021November 22, 2023Posted inChristmas, Projects, SermonsTags:Christmas

“The Other Women”

“Here am I, the servant of the Lord.” She did not nod, but the whole of the universe nodded with her. “Let it happen to me as you have said.”

Posted byEmmy KeglerDecember 2, 2020November 30, 2022Posted inChristmas, Projects, WritingTags:Christmas

How to Ruin the Christmas Pageant

Okay y’all, buckle up for How to Ruin the Christmas Pageant.

Posted byEmmy KeglerDecember 22, 2018December 7, 2022Posted inChristmas, Commentary, ProjectsTags:Christmas

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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