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If we got more excited about Father, Son, and Spirit leading someone than whether they’re being sent in exactly the same direction as us, what a paradise we could make of this world.

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Join us for this engaging journey through one of the most recognizable stories in the English-speaking world, Charles Dickens enduring classic, A Christmas Carol!  The conversation will center on the key themes of redemptive grace that saturate the work, serving as a perfect bridge between the Advent and Christmas seasons.  

A sliding fee scale is provided to accommodate everyone. 

If you are unable to join us live, no worries!  All registrants will receive links to the recordings and handouts by the end of the week.  

The registration link is provided in the comments.
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Join us for a rich, hope-filled exploration of Charles Dickens’ beloved A Christmas Carol—not merely as a holiday classic, but as a narrative of grace, healing, and human transformation. Far from a simple morality tale, Dickens’ story reveals the radical power of unconditional love to awaken, restore, and re-humanize even the most hardened hearts.

In this online gathering, we will journey with Ebenezer Scrooge through the wounds, fears, and losses that shaped his icy exterior, and watch as grace meets him at every turn—in memory, in vision, and in promise. Each of the three spirits becomes a kind of sacramental presence, inviting Scrooge to behold his life truthfully and to discover that judgment, in the light of divine love, is always restorative rather than punitive.

Participants will engage with key scenes from the text, reflect on Dickens’ theological imagination, and consider how A Christmas Carol mirrors the gospel message: that no one is beyond redemption, that our truest selves are always held in love, and that awakening to this truth can change everything.

Whether you love literature, theology, or simply desire a fresh encounter with the grace-filled heart of the Christmas message, this event will be an inspiring companion to your Advent journey.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED!  (Link in the comments.)
#Advent reminds us of the #Light present in seemingly dark places. #Christmas likewise releases that same Light into each and every corner, eradicating all shadows. To contemplate the Light is to encounter the Incarnation.
Although John of Damascus is most remembered for his defense of artistic depictions of Christ (icons), lets not lose sight of WHY he defended icons.  Because the Incarnation is the most central event upon which all else hinges, visual representations of Jesus--through art, iconography, etc.--are valuable reminders that our Savior is fully God and fully man.  Taking this a step further, John recognizes the natural consequence of Christ in all and filling all things with Himself: all of creation are carriers of the divine presence.
Join us for a rich, hope-filled exploration of Charles Dickens’ beloved A Christmas Carol—not merely as a holiday classic, but as a narrative of grace, healing, and human transformation. Far from a simple morality tale, Dickens’ story reveals the radical power of unconditional love to awaken, restore, and re-humanize even the most hardened hearts.

In this online gathering, we will journey with Ebenezer Scrooge through the wounds, fears, and losses that shaped his icy exterior, and watch as grace meets him at every turn—in memory, in vision, and in promise. Each of the three spirits becomes a kind of sacramental presence, inviting Scrooge to behold his life truthfully and to discover that judgment, in the light of divine love, is always restorative rather than punitive.

Participants will engage with key scenes from the text, reflect on Dickens’ theological imagination, and consider how A Christmas Carol mirrors the gospel message: that no one is beyond redemption, that our truest selves are always held in love, and that awakening to this truth can change everything.

Whether you love literature, theology, or simply desire a fresh encounter with the grace-filled heart of the Christmas message, this event will be an inspiring companion to your Advent journey.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED!  (Link in the comments.)
Grace + NOTHING! 

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Malcolm Smith

Karl Barth Professor of Trinitarian Theology

Malcolm Smith was born in London, England as Europe was about to be plunged into WW2. He came to faith in Jesus Christ in his early teens and almost immediately experienced the fullness of the Spirit that was to change and redirect his life forever. From that day he had a passion to know the covenant love of God and how that love is worked out in our fellowship with God and loving one another. He began to preach at age fourteen and came to the United States in the early 1960’s becoming a teacher and leader of the emerging renewal of the Spirit throughout all denominations. Since then he has traveled to almost every continent teaching the love of God. He now resides in Bandera, Texas and conducts retreats and a non-residential Bible School. He also travels throughout the U.S. conducting retreats and meetings in churches and organizations of all denominations. UnconditionalLoveFellowship.com