Focal Passage: Luke 2:1-15
My wife and I decided to collect Nativity sets early in our marriage.
We would add to our collection from wherever we traveled, or if we found a unique set. Some would be to look at, others to use to tell the story of Jesus to others, while still others were for our children and now grandchildren to play with.
One year, as my wife and daughter were unpacking a set, to the horror of my young daughter, baby Jesus could not be found. They searched through the box and the packing paper, looked under seats and cushions, and thought of any place that baby Jesus might be. Our daughter was deflated. She exclaimed, “We can’t have Christmas without baby Jesus!” The good news was that baby Jesus was packed in another box! [Read more…]