As we wrap up our sermon series on familiar Bible stories, we’re finishing big. Christmas. This Sunday, lets separate the beauty and joy, the story and songs of Christ’s birth from the usual hullaballoo of December. No commercials, no frantic shopping, no whirlwind gatherings, no forced holiday smiles when our hearts are aching, no silly arguments over “Merry Christmas” vs. “Happy Holidays”—just the story—shepherds surprised in the field, the glorious song of angels, an exhausted couple, and the baby asleep in a feed trough. That story lives at the heart of our faith as Christians. It’s the Incarnation, God with us in the beauty and ugliness of life. Christ. Messiah. Savior. Hope of the World.
Come, Christian friends, rejoice!
Merry Christmas!
Mark