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, loved and 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 poverty soon to grow to maturity, born to show you in 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.