Rev Bill

I’ve posted my sermon for today on my sermon blog. It’s based on Luke 1:57-2:21 and entitled: “4 More Things For Your Christmas List”.

Here’s a portion of it:

Amidst all the activity, try to just stop and treasure all these things. Try to ponder them in your heart. Try to engage in some holy wonder.

How do you do that?

Maybe that means you stop in the middle of your shopping and sit down and pull out your Bible and just read the Christmas story.

Maybe that means you gather your children around a nativity scene each night this week and unwrap a different piece and talk about the role it plays in the Christmas story.

Maybe that means you wake up really early one morning and find a place you can watch the sun rise and meditate on Zechariah’s words:

“The Sunrise on high will visit us, to shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace.”

Maybe that means you write the words of the angel on a 3×5 card and pull it out every time you eat:
“Behold I bring you good news of great joy which shall be for all the people. … ”

However you do it, it is important that you have and act on a sense of holy wonder – especially at Christmas. I was listening to WMHK, the Christian music station out of Columbia, SC the other day – and heard one of the announcers talking about the fact that we spend so much time on our feet at Christmas – going to parties – going caroling – going shopping – going lots of places on our feet – but we need to spend some time on our knees – filled with a send of holy wonder over God’s gift to us.
The work of holy wonder is the work of treasuring and pondering the fact that God invaded planet Earth on a perilous rescue mission. It’s rolling it around in your heart, like you would finely cut diamonds in your hand.

You can read the sermon here.

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