In just a few days Christmas will be here. Our family Christmas will not begin until the 27th. That is the date that our entire family will be together. This year our sons are with their in-laws for Christmas day. But as I write these words I know that my family is much broader than my wife and sons. I have been blessed through the years with many great friends and always a church family that has helped me in many ways. I have my problems with the Church but it has been there for me in so many ways that I have grown to love it more and more.
Because of my love for the Church and the Christ of the Church I am excited about the upcoming Christmas Eve services. I am a little afraid of the