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Fourth Sunday of Advent — December 24, 2023

"We need not understand all the science behind awe to appreciate its gift and join the heavenly host in singing God’s praise," writes Teri McDowell Ott.

Luke 1:26-38 and Luke 2:1-14
Year B

Browsing the new releases shelf at my library, the book Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by psychologist Dacher Keltner called to me. In the 1960s neuroscientists began mapping emotions in the human brain such as anger, fear, sadness, surprise and joy. Awe was left unstudied — scientists at the time viewed it as a phenomenon of the soul, or of the sacred; an...

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