By the time you read this our family has repeated our annual Christmas morning parade, dogs and all, to the tune of “Deck the Halls.” We have also shared a more reflective time reading aloud from the Bible the story of Christmas. May your day be “merry and bright” as you welcome the “baby who changes everything” into your homes and lives!

We have much to celebrate living in a country where we are free to worship this newborn king. We remember Herod’s cruel massacre of the children in his attempt to kill Jesus. We remember that our mission pastor and his members in Bangladesh are forced to be cautious about the public displays of their faith in a Muslim country.