The Manger: Held in Joy

Scripture: Isaiah 12:2-6

As we prepare for our children to bring us the Christmas story again on Pageant Sunday, we listen to the prophet Isaiah, who might be telling us that joy is not just a feeling… but a gift and resource of God that might sustain us in dry times. Like the hay of the manger which cradles the Christ-child, then, joy might be that which comforts and cradles us in the uncertainties of life.

We apologize for the loss of video during this morning’s service!