An Early Epiphany
“Finding Christ Where We Least Expect”
December 29, 2024
First Sunday After Christmas
Luke 2:41-52
Rev. Teer Hardy
Jesus has a habit of dwelling in the places we least expect: in the manger, with shepherds, in the Temple, at a well, at the table of a tax collector. And the question we are faced with is why. Why these places? Why those people? Why us?
The Good News is that while we search for Jesus, we do not have to look further than our Holy Scriptures, bread and wine, and a community where whenever two or three are gathered, He promises to be with us.
May the Word that predated time, sent by the Father, that extends grace to all, dwell in you. The same Word that amazed and amazes, freed and frees. Your questions may remain, and they might even grow in number. And the Good News is that even amid questions (and yes, even doubts), if Jesus feels lost from your life, the living Word of God does not abandon. The babe laid in a manger is the One who has called us to experience the fullness of the Father’s love and the fullness of His grace.
