Meditating on the mystery of Jesus' Birth, the Incarnation Dear Fellow Children of God,of God's Son!

On Tuesday, December 10, I confined myself to my office at church to work on worship services and bulletins – lots of them. In addition to regular Sunday worship, and in addition to Advent Mid-Week Wednesday worship, I sought to plan worship in a way to reach people’s hearts with the love of Jesus for four other services. I worked on bulletins for the funeral service of Linde Katritizky on Friday, December 20, for a special 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service for young children, for a special 7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - with LOTS of special music - for adults, and for a peaceful, quiet Christmas Day communion service. That is quite a number of worship services and sermons. (Please also remember, When the pastor has these extra tasks, so do the office staff, volunteers, and music ministry!)

Through the years, I have learned to try and not be overwhelmed by the busy-ness of this season of faith. I try not to resent this holy celebration. I have heard people, I have even some church workers say, “I can’t wait for Christmas to be over!” The lesson I have learned is to try to be in the moment to enjoy the mystery of Jesus’ birth. I have come to believe that this mystery of our Lord’s incarnation is so deep, that it takes a LOT of thought, and consideration, and meditation.