Waiting...

It's almost here. Norad is tracking. People are traveling. Families are gathering.

My Christmas wish for all of us is that we can awaken tomorrow morning and unwrap a different gift. A gift of eyes to see and ears to listen. May we all step away from our presents and the food, and consider the true meaning of the day. We were given a gift approximately two thousand years ago. We were given the gift of forgiveness. We were given an opportunity to live into a new kingdom. A place where scarcity, fear, injustice and oppression are no longer. We are all capable of living into that dream, but it will take all of us to get there. And it will make that pie taste that much sweeter.

My wish for each of us is that we can pass that gift on to another - pay it forward - and perhaps we can begin to live into the promise of God's kingdom that is meant for every one of us.

Merry Christmas.

Chief Mudflap