If there was ever a central metaphor for the presence of God it is light. Light, shines in the darkness, said John. This is a part of all three birth stories of Jesus. Three, did you say? Yep. And the third one involves a dragon! And as bizarre as that story sounds, it gets weirder. It is not the first time a story was told of a god being born involving a dragon.

But the way that John tells it in Revelation light gives birth to light, and the dragon in the story is in fact Rome. Jesus, is the son born of light, exposing the deeds of darkness. And it is this same Jesus that calls his people the light of the world. If this is the case, then we are his presence right here, right now.