Christmas season often brings up pictures of warm fires in cozy homes with a sweet family gathered together. We talk about the treasured moments we get to spend with those we love at Christmas to the degree that belonging is almost entirely interwoven into the whole feel of Christmas. But many people do not have that kind of togetherness or belonging on Christmas – or at any other time throughout the year. They feel like outsiders and for many that feeling is painful and filled with overtones of rejection. The ironic thing is that the Christmas story itself is full of outsiders that God chose to include. If you’re an outsider, you are specifically invited in. And if you are an insider, part of following God is to look for outsiders to include! We’ll look at a part of the Christmas story today and see how this whole story revolves around outsiders.