I am sitting in my office early Sunday morning contemplating doing something I have never done, pre-record Christmas services. Today is the day we will have the fourth Sunday of Advent, and then put up the decorations and have two Christmas services which will air on Facebook Live their respective days.
I admit I have dreaded this, and shed a few tears. But through prayer and undeserved grace I have come to see the blessings. We have the technology to reach so many people. We have capable and spirit-filled members of this church who will make these services lovely. We have a strong tradition of beautiful and meaningful worship that will hold us together.
And isn’t God always creating something new, calling us to more, asking us to think big? Isn’t God always saying, find me in new places, get out of your comfort zone? God’s love is infinite, and so our ways of expressing that love have to be as well.
I pray for you that you will find moments of peace and joy in this new way to celebrate Christmas, new ways to worship with your whole heart. I know God is with us in all good things. Let’s rally around that love and find ways to share it in the world.
I am also praying for a “better” 2021!!!!
Merry Christmas! And may the birth of Jesus, God made human, continue to astound you!!