1. The great lie of addiction is that suffering must be fled, must be numbed, must be drowned out by any means necessary.
  2. The addict’s condition speaks a hard truth: that we are all beggars before God, every one of us bent toward the grave.
  3. Addiction is the warped fruit of a good tree: a sign that the heart longs for transcendence but has sought it in places too small, too finite to hold such hunger.
  4. In Simeon's hands and Anna's gaze, we are reminded of God's promise—not distant, not fading, but alive.
  5. Belief at Christmas is neither neat nor safe. It is the path that leads to the manger and, from there, to the cross.

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