The Unwrapped and the Undone (Advent Day 24)

The Unwrapped and the Undone (Advent Day 24)

Author: Kate Bowler
Source: Kate Bowler, Substack
Link: https://katebowler.substack.com/p/advent-day-24-the-unwrapped-and-the
Advent placement: 2025-12-25 (paired with [[25-angel-s-envy-bourbon-finished-in-port-wine-barrels]])

Theme: A Christmas blessing for those who didn’t get it all done: Love Himself has come down for us.

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Reproduced from calendar/2025-12-25.qmd (Whisk(e)y Advent 2025).

The Unwrapped and the Undone

by Kate Bowler

Blessed are we who didn’t get it all done, who release the lists and drop the expectations. Blessed are we who remember that love comes not to the perfect, but to us.

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Blessed are we, standing on tiptoe at the manger, awed that God would stoop so low. Blessed are we who dare to believe that Love Himself has come down, not just for the world, but for us.