Merry Christmas from Crossroads!
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enjoy the haunting beauty, stark reality, and startling joy of
Christmas.
C.S. Lewis called the life of Jesus, "true myth," meaning that the
birth, life death, resurrection, and glorification of Jesus has the
power to shape and transform all our lives at a depth that we, at the
height of our materialism, merrymaking, medicating, and good
intentions, will never scrape.
When God became man, Heaven came to earth.
When Jesus lived here, his kingdom took root.
When he was murdered, our sin and darkness died with him.
When he resurrected, he killed death and crushed sin's power.
When he returns, all earth will be transformed.
So wherever we find ourselves in late December 2009, we are freed to
celebrate the stable, shepherds, and infant Savior in light of Jesus'
full life, which includes a chapter still coming. That's the day when
"baby Jesus" returns to earth as a resplendent, triumphant, divine
hero and all his people join the party.
In C.S. Lewis' words, that will be when, "The term is over: the
holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is morning."
Merry Christmas!
AJ (Ariel) & Lindsay Vanderhorst, for Crossroads Church Kansas City
http://crossroadschurchkc.com