Monday, December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas!
Whether you are a Christian or not, I hope that you enjoy this day. There is something to make of it, however you approach it.
Here, in Detroit, the snow came yesterday and piled up in drifts all around. I love that; the way it quiets the world. It seems especially appropriate on this day. Jesus did come and shook everything up for millenia. His birth was such a turning point that we measure time from the presumed year of his birth, the first Christmas.
But yet, there is a call to stillness, too. A baby cries, yes-- and I imagine the baby Jesus did-- but sometimes is so calm and quiet. A sleeping baby is a remarkable thing, and there is a reason that people can't stop watching.
Awake and asleep, change and calm; it is part of the whole we know to be true.
Here, in Detroit, the snow came yesterday and piled up in drifts all around. I love that; the way it quiets the world. It seems especially appropriate on this day. Jesus did come and shook everything up for millenia. His birth was such a turning point that we measure time from the presumed year of his birth, the first Christmas.
But yet, there is a call to stillness, too. A baby cries, yes-- and I imagine the baby Jesus did-- but sometimes is so calm and quiet. A sleeping baby is a remarkable thing, and there is a reason that people can't stop watching.
Awake and asleep, change and calm; it is part of the whole we know to be true.
