Christmas Peace: Peace on Earth

Lesson: Luke 2:1-20 ‘I know the cares and the anxious thoughts of your hearts. I know the hard time you often give yourselves.I know the hopes and ambitions that you have for yourselves and for others.I know your doubts, too – even while you seek to express your belief.On this night, I want to find a way of saying to you:You are deeply, deeply loved,just as you are, forgiven, lovedand challenged to be the very best you can be.So I’m speaking to you the only way I know how –from a stable,in a child born into povertysoon to grow to maturity,born to show youin a human life,the love of God.’[6][6] John Harvey, “You Are Deeply, Deeply Loved,” in Candles and Conifers, Ruth Burgess, ed. (Glasgow: Wild Goose Publications, 2005), p. 239.