New Beginnings Renewed Faith.

Here is an excerpt from this Sundays Jan 8 Sermon. Food for thought. Feel free to respond and see what directions this takes us.


You may be asking: “Why do we continue to tell the Christmas story? It is January 8th already let’s get on with it.” But today is the Sunday where we mark the last day of the Christmas season that only began on December 25th. We mark it with hearing again the story of the Magi who come seeking the new born Christ led by the star. Herod who is lets face it, clueless, and more than a little defensive upon receiving the news, and the clever Magi having been warned not to go the way they came or tell Herod about where he was. They paid him homage, gave him gifts and then they were on their way not heard from again.

Sometimes I wonder if this story isn’t indicative of Christmas today. Just a few weeks ago, we had to have 3 services in order to fit everyone who came to mark the birth of Jesus. Today, we still have plenty of good seats here up front. But I also realize that some people here today were back for the first time a few weeks ago and are back here again. And that is why we continue with the Christmas story. That is why we hear the revelation of the Magi because we are reminded, that the sign has been given to us that we can have a new beginning, we can renew our faith, and we can offer our best once again for God in the transformation of the world, because we follow the light of the son of God.