{"id":5869,"date":"2015-12-28T09:57:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T15:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:46:59","slug":"to-honor-baby-jesus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2015\/12\/28\/to-honor-baby-jesus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To honor Baby Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merry Christmas!!<\/p>\n

I have an invitation for you this week.<\/p>\n

Let us all enter into the story of Christmas and consider the amazing Truth: our God humbly, beautifully, became one of us.<\/p>\n

We, as a humanity, have never been the same since. The Incarnation really\u00a0changed everything. Now, we are people of the New Covenant, this Messianic Age.<\/p>\n

God’s entrance into the grime of our human living means that we are transformed into holy co-creators with God.<\/p>\n

If we REALLY think about it, and pray about it, we can’t help to have our minds totally blown with wonder and awe.<\/p>\n

And, then, hopefully, once we realize that we are empowered to use all of our human potential—our minds, gifts, strengths, and passions—we’ll want to offer it all to God and help create the justice and peace that Jesus proclaimed.<\/p>\n

We’ll ask hard questions, seek true answers, and allow ourselves to really be in the messy business of social and personal change.<\/p>\n

That’s what I invite you all into this week: to join me in honoring the Baby Jesus by signing up your life; becoming part of\u00a0the messy business of living as\u00a0a change-maker.<\/p>\n

Together, let’s say yes to the Love of God with all that we are. Amen!<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: “Christ Child” by Lorna Effler http:\/\/revelationchristianart.blogspot.com\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the way, in case you’re interested, here’s a film that I am excited to\u00a0see in La Crosse<\/a>\u00a0in about nine\u00a0days that fits with the work of being messy, Incarnation-centered change-makers:<\/p>\n