Firstly, a very Happy Christmas to you all. We prefer to say Happy instead of Merry. We mean the same and more so. Sometimes Merry is connected to getting drunk so we like Happy better.
The Christmas celebration is about mystery. The Bible offers two quite conflicting birth narratives (Matthew and Luke) and that only adds more impossible to answer questions. But the more we delve into the stories of Jesus birth the better questions we will have to ask. We seek better questions, and never easy answers. It's like the picture above. Was it a random collection of objects that the camera happened to catch or was it carefully prepared to contrive a deeper meaning? Is God involved in the creation of these randoms?
Here the light of a clear early morning is giving the illusion of Christmas tree decoration. How green and vibrant is that! This is a gift of God, experienced in the moment, and the camera freezes this moment for future reflection.
Stars feature at Christmas. They are often seen on Christmas cards and nearly every Christmas tree has one on top. We have found that we are even given a chocolate versions to have with our coffees. The shepherds were under the stars the night Jesus was born, and the Magi were guided a bright star right to the location of the baby some little time later. Mystery abounds and there always will be questions.
And Christmas has become a production line of great proportion. We do our best to remember the true meaning of Jesus' birthday in amongst it all. It is all about God's giving to us a great and mighty gift of faith. When it is all said and done, it is very much about faith and how without faith we can't see our way to God. The gift of Jesus birth has a lot to do with faith and how to find it.
Firstly, a very Happy Christmas to you all. We prefer to say Happy instead of Merry. We mean the same and more so. Sometimes Merry is connected to getting drunk so we like Happy better.
The Christmas celebration is about mystery. The Bible offers two quite conflicting birth narratives (Matthew and Luke) and that only adds more impossible to answer questions. But the more we delve into the stories of Jesus birth the better questions we will have to ask. We seek better questions, and never easy answers. It's like the picture above. Was it a random collection of objects that the camera happened to catch or was it carefully prepared to contrive a deeper meaning? Is God involved in the creation of these randoms? 
Here the light of a clear early morning is giving the illusion of Christmas tree decoration. How green and vibrant is that! This is a gift of God, experienced in the moment, and the camera freezes this moment for future reflection.
Stars feature at Christmas. They are often seen on Christmas cards and nearly every Christmas tree has one on top. We have found that we are even given a chocolate versions to have with our coffees. The shepherds were under the stars the night Jesus was born, and the Magi were guided a bright star right to the location of the baby some little time later. Mystery abounds and there always will be questions. 
And Christmas has become a production line of great proportion. We do our best to remember the true meaning of Jesus' birthday in amongst it all. It is all about God's giving to us a great and mighty gift of faith. When it is all said and done, it is very much about faith and how without faith we can't see our way to God. The gift of Jesus birth has a lot to do with faith and how to find it.
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