Poets sometimes have as great a capacity to help us with Christmas as the theologians; for Christmas is a time of deep and complex beauty. Part of the complexity is best caught by the paradoxes that we encounter within it, and at times of mystery it is often the poets who interpret paradox best. Both in the ideas behind Christmas and the way we celebrate it, we are confronted by both paradoxes; but the poets can also help us with the practicalities of the way in which we approach the celebration.
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The Christian Faith is one of paradox: Why Christmas and Advent unite the mysteries of fasting and feasting
poets sometimes have as great a capacity to help us with christmas as the theologians; for christmas is a time of deep and complex beauty. p...
Gavin Ashenden
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