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Christmas Outcasts
Friday, December 18, 2020 @ 8:31 AM
The first time I remember hearing about outcasts was in a literature class in high school, when I was introduced to Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.” The story and the author intrigued me because of the storyline and because the author’s first name, “Bret,” was similar to mine. After reading the short story, I was captivated even more because some of the characters had surprising qualities that you would not have expected when first introduced to them.
Years later, while preparing a Christmas sermon, I was researching information about shepherds and was once again confronted with “outcasts.” The Broadman Bible Commentary states,