Podcasts religion Common Ground Christian Church The Ghost of Christmas Present

The Ghost of Christmas Present

Published: Dec. 17, 2017, 5 p.m.

Luke 2:1-20
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

What is your relationship to time? Always wishing you had more of it? Finding all the time saving tricks to get the most accomplished? Or perhaps, you feel stuck in time and you are just counting the ticks of the clock. As we work through the story of Scrooge, we come upon this encounter with The Ghost of Christmas Present. We see that "time is a gift, and that's why it is called the present" as Dickens would say. As this Spirit takes Scrooge on a journey through the night, he sees things in a different perspective, but most of all, it gives him a deeper appreciation for time. Join us as we look at the Nativity story and how Christ breaks into our time and gives it new meaning.