It's All In Your Perspective

This is Advent – a time to prepare for the coming of Christ!  I want to invite you to walk with me to Bethlehem and experience firsthand the nativity, not as an innocent bystander but as a fully participatory individual.  Together we will see the birth of Christ from inside the stable instead of inside the mall. 

As we begin our journey, I am reminded that this trip is about the moment when God entered our world to make things right.  My thoughts center around expectations.  What am I hoping for?  What will make this Christmas more meaningful to me?  I am concerned that if I let the culture define this holiday season than I will be equating love with consumerism.  So I want to get past the shallow story of our culture’s Christmas and enter into the deep, life-giving waters of the Incarnation.  Free to give without comparison, receive with gratitude, and worship with abandon.

Join me in sharing the true meaning of Christmas with one another by giving of ourselves in ways that will truly make a difference in the life of someone else.  During worship we were given “Act of Kindness” cards and asked to do something for someone anonymously and leave this card.  If you have been the recipient of one of these or you are the giver – please take a moment and share your experience.  Also spend a few minutes reading what others are trying and it may just spark some ideas.

Thanks for joining me on this mission and may you connect back to this beautiful story of Christmas.