Rev. Tucher

I couldn’t believe the story when I read it.  Who would have thought that an argument over a remote control could be such a “pointed” issue?  Sorry, I know, a very bad pun.  Regardless, check out the story here.

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, amen.  The text for the sermon is the Gospel, which was read earlier.

The angel who announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds on the fields of Bethlehem was a messenger of few words: “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.  And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 

The first Christmas sermon was a marvel of simplicity.  In these simple words, everything that needed to be said was said.  The sweet simplicity of Christmas and the Christmas Gospel has been lost somewhere along the way.

Listen to the words of the angel again.  “And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”  That is where you will find Jesus.  You won’t find Him within the royal splendor of Jerusalem, but in the lowly unpleasantness and filth of Bethlehem.  You won’t find Him in the palace of a king, but in a small Judean cattle cave.  You won’t find Him in the incense perfumed presence of the high priest, but in the company of smelly shepherds and in the dense aroma of a cow barn.

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Starbucks offers its peppermint mocha. Usually, I’m a white chocolate mocha man, but now that the holiday season is upon us, I switch it up. Though they had something which I’ve never seen or had before: peppermint white chocolate mocha. I gotta say, this is a new favorite. Too bad they don’t offer it every day. Well, it’s probably a good thing because I would be broke. I already don’t have money for my addiction (Starbucks addiction, that is).

I do feel sorry for my friend who has been challenged not to have caffeine. My condolences to him, as I know how much he enjoys coffee. Hopefully he has replaced his Senseo which died a number of weeks ago. Anthony, I think this picture says it all for you.