Christmas Stuff

Bruce summarizes Matthew's and Luke's versions of the Christmas story here and here. I don't think I've ever heard the two accounts separated, and it's very interesting to consider the different perspectives of the two writers. (His comment on this post is a sort of a Reader's Digest version.)

My new personal Christmas tradition is listening to Real Live Preacher's audio book "A Christmas Story You've Never Heard", which you can find at the iTunes store. It's raw and real and it really is very different from any telling of the story that I've ever heard before. His new story (the second of a planned seven) focusing on the shepherds, is available for download here.

I think Dave's got it right. This song kills me.