When we cannot have our beloved ones who were always with us at Christmas, where can we find joy and hope? Like the song “Blue Christmas” says, “I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, Christmas.” On Christmas Day, we are going to listen to what the Bible has to say about it.

Are we Christians limiting God as we personify God and discriminating others with our belief in that personified God? Or are we bringing them the good news that God who is Spirit makes us vital? This Sunday, we are going to reflect on these questions as we prepare ourselves for Jesus Christ’s 2nd Advent (“coming”).

What does my being mean to others? Does it make them nervous? Or does it give them comfort? What does God want me to do when the sharp edges of my brokenness hurts myself and others? This Sunday, we are going to listen to what the Bible has to say about it.

Think about your family’s Christmas traditions. How many of them focus on your own comfort and pleasure? How many of them focus on the presence of Jesus Christ? This Sunday, we are going to reflect on God’s call for us to be a “womb” to birth God’s miracles.

What do you see in Jesus’ genealogy in Matthew 1? This Sunday, we are going to listen to what message God tells us through this long list.

For the last two weeks, we learned two purposes God intends for our families and the ways to empower them. This Sunday, we are going to learn the third purpose.

Last Sunday, we learned the first purpose God intends for our families. This Sunday, we are going to learn the second one and the ways to empower it.

How are you doing with Jesus’ commandment “Love your neighbor as yourself”? How are you doing with your family, who are the most closely “located” neighbors? For the next three weeks, we are going to learn the purposes God intends for our families and the ways to empower those purposes.