Advent 23: Sacred Knowing

Yesterday we began our week of Sacred Knowing by watching our children participate in a Christmas Pageant.  All agreed they did a wonderful job!  We were so proud of all of them and our hearts were warmed by their sweet faces dressed up as barn animals and Biblical characters.  It was a great Sunday for all.

It may have just been a "coincidence" that our week of Sacred Knowing in our Advent series happened to fall on the same Sunday we now call "Children's Christmas Sunday," but as a Christian, I don't really believe in coincidences.  At first, you may not see the connection between children and Sacred Knowing, but when you watch them perform the Christmas pageant, it becomes clear.  Children are vessels of Sacred Knowing.

Children simply know that there is a God who loves them.  They know deeply what a special and sacred time Christmas is, and they feel it all the way down to their toes.  And while I'm making a Excel spreadsheet of all the gifts I have and haven't bought, checking off which ones have been wrapped, I see my son marveling at the beauty of our neighbor's Christmas lights, and seeing that sacred beauty through his eyes reminds me of what children know and I too often forget: this is sacred time, sacred space, sacred story, sacred knowing.  Children know what Jesus and Christmas is all about.

So may you become, this Christmas, as Jesus said, "like a little child:" one with sacred knowing this time of year.

If you would like to see all the photos from our Family Sunday, the full album will be available this morning, including your pictures with Santa, on our website www.centraluccdallas.org.  To view and download photos, click on "Media" on the menu bar, and then select "Photo Gallery."  Or click this link.