Sermons
Jesus shows us that bodies are holy, worthy of care and protection. Our bodies are holy because God fashioned us into who we are. Our bodies are holy because God became one of us, lived and laughed and loved and died and rose again as one of us. Knowing that God is one of us, changes how we see not only our own bodies, but every other body.
Even on this day of fullness, we wait. And yet. And yet, even at empty chairs and empty tables, Christ comes. To empty, sorrowing hearts, Christ comes. Even in a miserable year, Christ is born! From his fullness we have received grace upon grace. This is God’s promise. This is our song. This is our hope. Evermore and evermore.
On this most Holy Day, we sing God’s love song of word becoming flesh and living among us, full of grace and truth. Darkness has not overcome him. Other voices have not drowned him out. God’s love song is not silent. And neither are we. We join with each other and with those throughout the generations in singing our own lullaby, our own lullaby love songs: “Let no tongue on earth be silent, every voice in concert ring. Evermore and evermore.”
