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This may seem a strange word to use during this season of Readvent. As a transitive verb reform means to become changed for the better. As we exited the McFarlin Auditorium of the Southern Methodist Univerity campus, I remarked to Keck that I think the Tate Lecture Series has changed our lives. He agreed. It…

The first chapter of the book of Matthew is the Messiah’s ancestral litany through Joseph. The third chapter of Luke traces the ancestry of the Messiah through Mary. You might say it traces the reproduction of Abraham. Last year, I was struck by the stories of the women. They did all the work after all.…