December 24, 2022 Christmas Eve Sermon: The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith

“The wonder of Christmas is that in the birth of Jesus we are shown that the God we worship is not distant and ethereal. Our God is not a God who is cold and indifferent, but a God who humbles himself to become one of us. Flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone, to share our joys and our pains, to know our laughter and our struggles. No, the wonder and the beauty of Christmas lies precisely in its rawness.”  

 

The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith calls us to reflect on the realities of the first Christmas, reminding us of the obstacles Mary and Joseph faced to bring Jesus into this world. Jesus came to remind us that this world is very real, and we are not alone. When we ask where God is, we find the answer in the story of Jesus.