I assume it is safe to say that the prophet Haggai is not in the top ten of your favorite books of the Bible, perhaps not even in the top thirty! It is tucked away in our Christian canon, between Zephaniah and Zechariah, its two brief chapters largely unexplored by many preachers. I imagine that 2 Thessalonians and Luke get the vast bulk of a preacher's attention on this particular Sunday in Year C. Yet, as always, these more obscure corners of the tradition can yield some very important and very timely ideas if we give them a chance. So, let's give old Haggai a closer look.
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