Christmas Eve Reflection Is 9:2-4, 6-7; Ps 96; Lk 2:1-20 The Rev'd Cameron Partridge December 24, 2025 Good evening, St. Aidan’s, and Merry Christmas. Earlier in this service we heard famous words from the Prophet Isaiah, “the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” (Isaiah 9:2). I love this phrase. I love how hope saturates those words. The prophet was speaking to and among a people who were struggling. They felt lost, abandoned, alone, like the could not se

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Advent 7 / 4A: Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 The Rev'd Cameron Partridge December 21, 2025 When I was growing up, my grandmother and I had an occasional dispute over whether everyone dreams in their sleep. She would say that she did not. I would say, okay, but maybe you don’t remember them? I’m pretty sure they happen for everyone, particularly in REM sleep. She insisted no. Then I would drop it. I think we had these conversations because

Advent 6 / 3A: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:4-9 James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The Rev'd Cameron Partridge December 14, 2025 When Kateri and I were in college a scary number of years ago, there was an odd tradition, a several-days-long descent into absurdity that was meant to welcome the first-year students fully into the embrace of the community. Older students dressed up in peculiar, themed ways for various events. Kateri was a year ahead of me, and this was my sophomore year,