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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Way Back”, <span style='color:black'>a sermon for </span>1 Christmas (C) for Dec<span style='color:black'>ember </span>29 and 30<span style='color:black'>, 2018, </span>based on John 1:1-18, <span style='color:black'>the first one at <a href="http://sjnj.com">http://sjnj.com</a></span> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The beginning of the Gospel of John portends the beginning of the universe, and beyond. God was and is all. Jesus was there. And he lives on to bring light into our dark world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Peace and blessings, </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Joe</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>(Preaching at </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Trinity<span style='color:black'> Episcopal Church, </span>Woodbridge, New Jersey (December 29), and the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, New York, New York (December 30, 2018<span style='color:black'>)</span> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>