Many of us can think back to a special vacation that involves moving through some spectacular scenery, perhaps accompanied by some good friends. These experiences are planted in our minds for years to come and we continue to go back and cherish these memories. In the passage for today, we find a couple travelling on the road to their home in the tiny village of Emmaus and an unknown traveller comes and walks along with them.
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Like the shepherds on the hills surrounding Bethlehem, we have our rather mundane routines that make up a large portion of our lives. We have our responsibilities, our families or groups of people we spend a lot of time with, and our small, familiar corner of geography.
The appearance of angels in the night sky changed all that for these shepherds.
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