A child is born to us, a son is given to us,

    and authority will be on his shoulders.

    He will be named

    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

    Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Here is a short message of greetings, love, celebration, and peace. Merry Christmas to everyone!

Regardless of your position regarding the Christian faith, today represents the fact of God’s complete and invitational love.

Jesus was born into this world in order to deliver God’s invitation for renewed relationship and to teach us how to live in love and in peace.

May this day mark the beginnings of a more authentic witness to The Way of Jesus.

The amazing photograph of David and Beks, passing the light at church Christmas Eve, says everything so clearly:

What came into being
     through the Word was life,
    and the life was the light for all people.
 The light shines in the darkness,
    and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light.

John 1:4-5

In love, and because love makes a future defined by hope possible – DEREK