This year’s Advent and Christmas theme at Nativity is Comfort & Joy, because it feels as though that’s exactly what we need right now at the onset of, what will likely be, a challenging holiday season; at the conclusion of a challenging year. In the midst of loss, disappointment, and grief, we can take comfort that the promises of Emmanuel (God with us) are still true, and they are powerful. We can experience the joy of Christ’s birth in old and new ways, and be vessels of that joy in our community, this country, and the world.
