During this season of Advent, the Emerging Scholars Network invites you to prepare for the celebration of Christ's birth by encountering his names throughout the birth narrative while asking, “What child is this?” Names are intimate and defining. If you have ever named anything such as an animal, something which you created, a nickname for a loved one, a car, or especially a child, you know well with what care and intentionality a good name is chosen and given. In the birth narrative of Jesus, beginning with the … [Read more...] about 1st Week in Advent —“What Child is This? He is Lord.”