What Does Christmas Really Mean?
Take time to reflect on Jesus Christ's sacrifice for humanity while spending time with your loved ones today.
By Rev. Matt Hook Christmas means so many things to many people: friends, cookies, carols, gifts, stockings and Santa Claus. But chances are, most of us know Christmas originates from the words “Christ Mass,” the worship celebration of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. Scholars talk about the “birth narrative” of Jesus being found in only two of the four Gospels: Matthew and Luke. Mark begins his book with the start of the ministry of Jesus. But John has his own way of telling the birth narrative, which goes back beyond 2,000 years ago. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning ... In him was life, and that life was the light of people ... The true light that gives …
