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Isaiah 52:7-10
Hebrews 1:1-4,(5-12)
John 1:1-14
Psalm 98

It’s always a wonder to me the way Christmas unfolds each year.  There is often a moment that seems to freeze in my mind and I think this is Christmas.  And my mind is full of those scrapbook pages of moments, the ghosts of Christmas past.  There are lots of them that have that picture-perfect quality.  The laughter drenched party with friends.  The silent, holy night of Christmas Eve worship.  The quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow.  But, the moments that seem to be surfacing most these days are the ones that are much less tidy.  I might describe them as the descent into chaos.  It’s when the shine has worn off, when has headache set in, when packages lie eviscerated in a pile of torn gift wrap on the floor.  Sometimes I look around and I think “This is Christmas?  This place is a mess!  My mind is a mess!  My heart is a mess!”

And there in that mess, I see the babe of Bethlehem, and it begins to makes sense.

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.  (Gen. 1:1)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.  (John 1:1,2) Read More