Jeremiah 31, Matthew 2, Christmastide, 12 day of Christmas, Emmanuel, God with us, God for us, slaughter of the innocents. Isaiah 53:3, Holy Family, Flight to Egypt, exile, refugees, darkness pushing back, out fo Egypt, Nazareth, from the margins, God of the margins, Over the Rhine, Bluer, Love is never far from danger, Malcolm Muggeridge, The End of Christendom, The end of our rope, vulnerability, God is our help in times of trouble