Christmas at South Hills: Week 3- JOY

When most of us in the modern West think of Christmas, our first thought is usually something connected to indoor trees, twinkling lights, the big fat guy in the red suit & sugar cookies. But in the ancient East, this season was one of Advent. It’s an old word with Latin origins that we don’t really use much anymore. It means “coming”. It was about anticipating the anniversary of the moment Divinity made itself known to humanity in the most earth-shattering, story-changing, category-exploding of ways. In other words, the coming of our Savior, our Messiah..Jesus Christ! It reminded the people of God to turn down the volume on the chaos of life & prepare their hearts & minds for God to re-engage their stories in surprising new ways with a fresh sense of Hope, Peace, Joy & Love.