Some people have requested the words from my reflection from the service on Christmas morning, so here it is, based on John 1:1-14.
We're still in the season of Christmas everybody - until Epiphany! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Emperor Caesar’s census forces families to pack up and be counted. The Jewish people must leave the places where they live and work and return to the places where they were born.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Nighttime in the desert, no room at the inn, a family huddled in darkness. A child is born.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
King Herod has heard of the birth of the King of the Jews and sends the Magi to find him. The Magi follow a bright star in the dark night sky.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
The Magi, these scientists and philosophers, find the child in the stable and worship him. They do not return to the king.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
King Herod orders the death of all infant males to stop the newborn King. Mary and Joseph escape with the baby Jesus to Egypt where they live until the death of Herod.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Christmas is the time when we celebrate Jesus’s presence here on earth, not just as a child in a manger, but as a man, as a living, breathing man in our midsts. We remember his presence among us, teaching and healing.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Christ was condemned to the cross. Christ defeated death. Christ promises new life for all.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
The reign of Christ continues so long as we continue to do justice in the darkness of our world. Christ is present wherever there is love, wherever there is hope. Christ is the light.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
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