Christmas Is Coming!

Christmas is finally almost here! At least the holiday is almost here. For those who are more comfortable with a static, linear worldview, holidays come and then they go. It’s less comfortable to abstract to a dynamic comprehension that considers something like Christmas to pervade in an ongoing fashion. Thus we lightly quip that every day should be Christmas, or Easter, or Thanksgiving, or Sunday, etc, but the words are empty because we keep marking the occasions by dates on the calendar. I’m looking forward to a time of reflection and relaxation as I gather with my family, and I’m hoping that there may be an opportunity to ponder the profound meaning of God dwelling with us. Then Christmas can—rather than marking the end for another calendar year—become the beginning of a relationship which has no end.