Time to Go to Work
Time to Go to Work Ephesians 1:3-14 ; John 1:1-18 Christian Community Presbyterian Church Bowie, Maryland January 1, 2023 I was always on task for Christmas Eve and in some years Christmas Day, too. Our family was never not home for Christmas. When our children were still school-age, we would pack up on the day after Christmas to travel to the grandparents’ home for a second Christmas. We often wended through small towns, where, on December 26th, there were once homed and now homeless Christmas trees huddled at street curbs seeking shelter from the elements. Nothing packs up and leaves town quicker than Christmas. The world is worn out celebrating Christmas. It’s been almost two months since Halloween witches and goblins were pushed off the stage by Santa’s reindeer. Poinsettias and holly are already replaced by Valentine hearts (any maybe even Patrick’s shamrocks). Once-welcomed carols and songs have been muzaked too many times. The child in the manger is probably walking by n