December 15, 2019 | Tom Johnson | Advent

Tom Johnson brings us to the magi. We know the “wise men” chose to follow the star, present their gifts, and elude Herod on their way home. We don’t know how their story ended, though – whether they ultimately chose to follow the Way of Jesus, or not. Tom points out the human struggle in having to make that decision, and every one of us has been there: Do I obey, do I not? Do I choose what may feel like death but is really Life, where God is, where Reality is? –or do I choose what looks like life in this world but results in death? This is definitely NOT “Christmas Lite” – but it is good news!! Frederick Buechner declares “that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good news, is of all glad things in this world the gladdest thing of all.”