Today we celebrate God's stepping into Time. In this extraordinary
integration, He enters a Middle Eastern family and places Himself in
their care.
Always responsible to Him, they became responsible for Him.
The message of Christianity--that of forgiveness, love, family and community--so distilled down in the symbols of this holiday, is so optimistic and hopeful one is always struck by the homicidal, nihilistic, despairing and similarly faith-based philosophies that have risen to compete with it as an explanation of man's condition.
It is hard to believe an active evil force is not present to influence it.
Merry Christmas.
Always responsible to Him, they became responsible for Him.
The message of Christianity--that of forgiveness, love, family and community--so distilled down in the symbols of this holiday, is so optimistic and hopeful one is always struck by the homicidal, nihilistic, despairing and similarly faith-based philosophies that have risen to compete with it as an explanation of man's condition.
It is hard to believe an active evil force is not present to influence it.
Merry Christmas.
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