The Ongoing, Ever-Living Christmas
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 @ 8:29 AM
I sat in the congregation listening to the Christmas sermon. Something was missing, and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
The minister had selected one aspect of the Christmas story and read a text supporting it, then brought his sermon on that subject. His points were properly related to the text and no doubt most people left the worship center satisfied they had been spiritually fed. It was only later that something occurred to me, what was the missing ingredient in that morning’s service.
The worship leader and musicians and the pastor all drew our attention back to that night in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago, and they did a fair job of opening the text, explaining its message, and praising the Lord. But they omitted one major element as far as I could tell.