Pastors Corner

“Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore romanticized Christmas in ways that have become iconic to our vision of Christmas, complete with visions of sugar plums that danced in the children’s dreams. It is a delightful poem many of us cherish. Yet, in the dark days of 2020, the fantasy of Moore’s vision fails to meet us in our deepest needs.

How is your vision these days? 2020 has presented us with a great many challenge, for some of us more than others. It has been a year marked more by loss, confusion, anger, and alienation and less by hope, peace, joy, or love in most areas...