‘The Word didn’t come with a huge cry, but as an infant’: Norway’s Bishop Varden on the Incarnation

What is the Incarnation? What difference did it make? And how should we prepare ourselves to celebrate it?

Dec 24, 2022

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‘The Word didn’t come with a huge cry, but as an infant’: Norway’s Bishop Varden on the Incarnation

It’s winter in Trondheim, a city in central Norway that looks out over a vast fjord. The temperatures are dipping below zero and Bishop Erik Varden is losing his voice.

He insists he is well overall, despite a scratchy throat, as he describes a typical day in the shivering city not far from the Arctic Circle.

“The sun rises about 9:30 a.m. and it sets at …

‘The Word didn’t come with a huge cry, but as an infant’: Norway’s Bishop Varden on the Incarnation

What is the Incarnation? What difference did it make? And how should we prepare ourselves to celebrate it?

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