I have been reading this great book, Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year by Robert E. Webber. It has helped me start to understand what the significance is behind the liturgical calendar and how it is used to form our spirituality. We are finishing up the Advent season where we, alongside the likes of Isaiah, John the Baptist, and Mary, await and long for the coming Messiah to bring deliverance. It is the season where we pray that God would break in on us and create us anew. Christmas is coming upon us in a few days, and if you are like me, you may still be rushing to get everything ready. But if you are able, step away from all the consumerism and festivities. Focus your heart toward the Christ that was born in Bethlehem, and pray that he might be birthed in you. Acknowledge that your life in God is a gift of union with Jesus Christ which is calling you to bring your life into his life.

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, and pray that you are filled with His presence, this holiday season. The glory of God which was so far off has been brought very near. In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it (John 1.4-5 TNIV).