Storyteller | A Griswold Family Advent - December 11, 2022

The turkey will be dry.
Your end-of-the-year bonus may come in the form of a jelly subscription you did not want.
The relatives you dread seeing will overstay their welcome.
And, that powder room appliance might be full.

No matter how much we try to avoid the broken and messiness of the world and our lives, the birth of Joseph’s boy tells creation that we are not separated from God.

Our story is not Jesus’ story; instead, Jesus takes the world's story, our Sin – our the messy side of ourselves that we try to hide during the holidays – upon himself.
The peace we want on earth, the peace we will attempt to create for ourselves is here, through the grace of God, through a child, through a family as messed up as mine or yours.