Pastor's Articles from December, 2025

Christmas bombards us with images of love with couples kissing under mistletoe, families hugging by the fire, commercials promising perfect gifts to show you care, and Christmas cards that seem to promise unending friendship. But what if love is deeper, harder, more divine than that?

This Christmas, the best gift you can give Jesus is to open your mouth and pray aloud when the moment comes.

Christmas cards show smiling families around perfect trees. Hallmark movies end with enemies becoming sweethearts under mistletoe. But real Christmas often looks different: the relative who criticizes everything, the friend who ghosted you, the coworker who sabotaged your project—now all crammed together at holiday gatherings. The very season that sings “peace on earth, good will toward men” can feel like a master class in loving people who are hard to love.

The lights are twinkling, the carols are playing, and the ads are shouting that Christmas is all about getting… more stuff, more experiences, more everything. Yet the quiet truth at the heart of the manger is the opposite, Christmas is about giving until it hurts.