"Who Changed the Sheets In the Manger?"
The pragmatics of Christmas and the details seem to hit us as we strive to get from our day and time to the time back then. We do everything possible to reenact that. He put up our miniature Nativity Scenes, we participate in live Nativity Scenes with animals and people standing out in the cold. We do this to try to change our frame of mind and to get into the setting that happened.
This sermon I want to try to get us into thinking about how we move from here to there. Maybe it is with the Christmas Pageants. Is that how we do it? Acting out the parts. The shepherds and the magi, and Mary and Joseph and the Innkeeper and the angels singing.
We do this for our children. We allow them to take their role in the play so they can see it from the inside. Who will be the baby Jesus? Will it be a real child? Will it be a light that shines? Will it be a doll baby? Will the baby be white or brown or yellow or black? Remember the day they put an African-American baby in the manger and people thought about that and said, "That's exactly right."
How do we move ourselves from here and now to there and then? What do you do to put yourself in the scene so that Christmas becomes real for you?
I'd like to hear from you about this. Write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to share your thoughts with the readers of the blog click on the 'comments' box below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
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