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Wild at Heart

The Dilemma of Christmas Expectations

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

John and Stasi address ways to take the pressure off Christmas day and refocus on what it really signifies—the arrival of the King.


Music Used:

Handel: Messiah - Part 1 - 1. "Comfort Ye, My People" (Live In Dublin / 1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHxa7yZN14


Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1 - "For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCFIPizGZYw

Transcript

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0:00.0

Because the dilemma of Christmas is that the magic the enchantment never really comes through or you do get those moments but they don't stay.

0:08.8

I mean Christmas is 24 hours.

0:10.4

And then what?

0:11.4

So this is what we're trying to help each other. hours. But is that day or to your soul?

0:12.5

So this is what we're trying to help each other through Advent means arrival.

0:18.2

We are looking for the arrival of the king. Hey, welcome everybody, to the Wild at Heart podcast here in the week before Christmas, John and Stace in the studio this week to give you our

0:47.6

Christmas podcast because next Monday I realize is technically Christmas, but I really hope you're not listening to

0:56.7

podcast.

0:57.7

Not on Christmas Day.

0:58.7

Yeah, we actually doing something else.

1:00.7

Yeah, Christmasy things.

1:02.0

Christmasy thingsthings. Christmas e-things.

1:03.4

So Christmas thoughts are Christmas wishes to you this week.

1:08.2

But before we jump into that, let's do what we always do,

1:12.0

and probably most needed. I mean I'm just thinking about our morning.

1:18.3

Oh dear. Can I talk about the morning for a minute?

1:21.1

Yes. Okay. We couldn't get out of the house so if it was on fire.

1:28.1

If I needed a pair of matching shoes that is. We could not find two matching black shoes. We found many black shoes.

1:38.2

I found three but his partner. Yeah, yeah so it was a hysterical moment which ended with me digging around in our closet and triumphantly

1:47.3

Finding the matching shoe

1:50.8

So a little bit of chaos. Yeah, so this is why we pause. This was the whole purpose of building the pause app and of why we do what we do every week in the podcast is that you're all coming out of some madness. Yes. Right. We headed into some. So we take a moment before we jump

2:06.8

in to our Christmas week hearts and thoughts and just let everything go.

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