Here is God

The texts for Christmas Eve, 2011: Isaiah 9:2–7, Psalm 96, Titus 2:11–14, and Luke 2:1–20

… But Here is God:
showing up in the middle of our messiest
in the middle of taxes and homelessness and abandonment
and the cold and the poor
and the bloody unpredictable uncontrollable messiness of birth.

Here is God:
showing up to an unwed mother
to unwelcoming strangers
to crazed shepherds telling amazing stories
to anyone who’ll listen at all — mostly the kind of people who are up and about at strange hours of the night.

Here is God:
Showing up to a world where there is no place for God …
at least not
this God
gazing at us from an animal feed trough
this God
who cries out for love and compassion with an infant’s cry. …

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I am, well ... me. I am probably most defined by my diversity of experiences: I have lived in three countries and visited (or lived on) six continents. I love to garden and take pictures and think about theology (and grace and justice and all that jazz) and I love Jazz (and a whole lot of other music too) ... and I do yoga and go hiking and enjoy meeting new people and talking international politics and working on justice issues and watching wildlife in my yard and wandering in NYC and kayaking. I especially love sitting in coffee shops and talking to friends. I hate sitting in my office. Oh, and they call me "Pastor," at least some of the time. View more posts